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TIL the photons harnessed for solar energy are the same ones responsible for skin cancer.

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GYdME TIL - Over 90% of people who were diagnosed allergic to penicillin as children will lose this allergy over a 10 year period. A test can confirm this and open up more drugs to you for treatment
EBY0 TIL that Rose from the movie Titanic was only 17 years old.
x66Zk TIL that Jason Alexander was roommates with Holly Hunter when he first moved to New York.
rRAAd TIL a pod of killer whales used to hunt with Indigenous Australians. The pod would lead another whale into a bay then whistle to the hunters. After they had killed the whale, the pod would get the tongue and lips before the hunters took the rest.
QoJM TIL the only reason MLK was on the hotel balcony where he would be assassinated was because he was taking a break from a pillow fight in his room