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TIL that getting a bone marrow transplant from someone with a food allergy can transfer the allergy to the transplant recipient.

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kOBy1 TIL that Mexico has created a marine reserve large than Greece to help protect wildlife. The reserve will have all fishing and hotel developments banned in the area. The aim is to help replenish fish stocks and save animals like the Vaquita, of which there are only dozens left.
E15rP TIL that all Hass avocados throughout the entire world are from grafted seedlings propagated from a single avocado tree that grew in the back yard of Rudolph Hass in California in 1926.
P1YVE TIL about the Royal Grand Knockout Tournament 1987 which featured several members of the British royal family (Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson) and celebrities (Meat Loaf, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, John Travolta) competing on a special It’s a Knockout course.
OoO8g TIL Ford created the iconic Jeep design
DGND TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.