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TIL that people can be allergic to pork, and it's often referred to as Pork-Cat Syndrome because it's often related to cat allergies.

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LkOL0 TIL American soldiers in the Pacific theater of WW2 always used passwords containing the letter 'L' due to Japanese mispronunciation, a word such as lollapalooza would be used and upon hearing the first two syllables come back as 'rorra' would "open fire without waiting to hear the rest".
1m4O TIL that the Trix rabbit has actually gotten to eat a bowl of Trix on multiple occasions, usually as the result of a mail-in vote by fans.
J1Yej TIL the actor Leslie Baker, known for playing disgruntled paper salesman Stanley Hudson in "The Office," inadvertently prepped for the role by portraying an office worker in OfficeMax commercials while in graduate school.
ZloY TIL Africa’s tallest apartment complex has a dark central void space, its first 3 stories filled up with accumulated garbage - it has also “developed a reputation for defenestrations – accidents, suicides and otherwise.”
8a6AP TIL that The Drew Carey Show was the first TV show to have an episode simulcast on the Internet