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TIL that Lone Star ticks can give you meat allergy.

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Oo8m6 TIL humans are 99.9% genetically similar to other humans; 96% genetically similar to chimpanzees; 90% genetically similar to cats; 85% genetically similar to mice; 80% genetically similar to cows; 61% genetically similar to chickens; and 60% genetically similar to bananas.
QNWpM TIL that in spite of a public funeral attended by thousands, blues singer Bessie Smith’s grave was unmarked until 1970 because her husband refused to buy a headstone and pocketed the money when her friends attempted to purchase one on her behalf.
wolAM TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him
8N7G TIL a CIA plane crash-landed over Yucatan in Mexico with four tons of cocaine on board. Yes. Four tons.
R7Zgj TIL that Upstate New York is the portion of New York state located north of the NY metropolitan area. It's not just the upper area of the state; it's the vast majority of the state's land area.