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TIL 10-20% of the world's population have allergies to cats or dogs. Even other animals, such as rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets and horses, can cause allergy symptoms.

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OoWB6 TIL that Denmark was the first nation to pay worker compensation to women, nurses and air hostesses, who had developed breast cancer after years of night-shift work in government sponsored jobs.
R591j TIL ironically, the novel Fahrenheit 451 has been banned, censored, or redacted in several schools since its publication, including at a school in Montgomery County, Texas, in 2006, where the parents where offended by the burning of the Bible. The book was also burned in Apartheid South Africa.
MeRRb TIL In 1937, the Nazis put two art shows on in Munich; one was for “degenerate” (mainly abstract) art primarily made by “Jews/Bolsheviks”, while the other one was on “Great” German art, like classics. The former received more than a million visitors, 3 times the number that visited the latter.
61VY TIL Gabe Newell is so confident in Valve’s Steam Guard he has announced his Steam username and password and challenged people to get in
nelLr TIL in 1984, a group of cannabis growers in Northern California sued the federal government, alleging they had been subject to illegal surveillance by U2 spy planes.