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TIL it is estimated 70% of children with an egg allergy will outgrow it by age sixteen.

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64W8 TIL after NBC gave The Tonight Show to Jay Leno, Johnny Carson would occasionally send David Letterman jokes to use in his monologue.
a8kNy TIL the iconic cutoff sweatshirt look for 1983's Flashdance was created on accident. Actress Jennifer Beals accidentally left her favorite sweatshirt in the dryer too long and shrunk it. She cut out the neck hole in order to fit her head through and went to a wardrobe fitting. The director loved it.
78ER7 TIL that in 1984, British Railways deliberately crashed a train carrying nuclear fuel to prove its safety.
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