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TIL in Medieval Christian art sometimes depicts Christ as the grapes in a winepress, his blood flowing as wine

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9Ye5Q TIL that while 4-8% of people have at least one food allergy, a large proportion of people in developed countries believe they have food allergies when they actually do not have them.
mx88v TIL that in 2014 Minister Charles R. Moore publicly committed suicide through self-immolation in Grand Saline, Texas in order protest the county's long history of racial discrimination. Local police chief responded by saying that racism is "not a problem at all here."
W7pbA TIL Many types of marine birds have a “salt gland” which functions similarly to a kidney and allows them to excrete salt from the fish and other ocean life they’ve eaten.
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YpD1x TIL In 1936, King George V was injected with 1g of cocaine and 750mg of morphine - enough to kill him twice - to make sure he died in time for printing presses which rolled at midnight.