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TIL Semen can trigger anaphylactic allergic reactions in some people if their partner had recently eaten the allergen food

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7ra9P TIL of the unit of measurement, "smoot", which is named after an MIT prank on Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity pledge, Oliver Smoot, whose body was used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958. One smoot is 5 foot 7 inches and length of the Harvard Bridge is 364.4 smoots.
8deG TIL of ferret-legging, a sport where people try to keep live ferrets in their pants for as long as possible.
ZDaB TIL that you’re 3 times as likely to get a virus from a church website than you are from a pornography website.
LkP6m TIL that your voice can change during different phases of the menstrual cycle due to the link between hormone levels and vocal cord functions.
1aJKP TIL about George Ray Tweed, one of six men to refuse to surrender to the Japanese on Guam in 1941. 5 were captured & beheaded. He avoided capture for two years and seven months when the USA recaptured the island.