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TIL: Dogs can smell when humans have low glucose levels (Type I Diabetes) and actually serve as a service animal.

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a89LJ TIL A contaminated rooftop air-conditioning unit at the Opera House Hotel in the Bronx caused the biggest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York, where 12 people died
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