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TIL: Squirrels are among the top causes of power outages across the U.S. In 2016 alone, utilities reported 3,456 outages caused by the ubiquitous rodents that cut off power to more than 193,873 customers.

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R7EM6 TIL that a woman who successfully underwent a lung transplant went into anaphylactic shock after eating peanut butter. Prior to her transplant she never had problems eating peanuts. She learned the 12 yr.old who had donated the lungs had had a peanut allergy, and had died from an anaphylactic shock.
5Y9YP TIL Mohammed V, Sultan of Morocco during the Vichy regime, protected Moroccan Jews from being deported or killed during WWII. The Moroccan Jewish population was essentially in tact at the end of the war.
Yp8YZ TIL Polished Anus Syndrome (Perianal Dermatitis) affects around 5% of the US population. It is caused by wiping too hard with dry toilet paper.
D1Q0V TIL Chuck Low, who plays the pestering wig salesman Morrie Kessler in Goodfellas, was Robert De Niro's real estate agent before the film.
woK47 TIL Every mosquito species lands different on a surface and only the malaria carrying kind lands in a 45 degree angle. The other species land parallel to the surface