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TIL That World Fairs are still happening and the next one will be in 2015 at Milan

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p80KQ Today I learned the blisters from Poison Oak/Ivy are our immune systems response to the chemical Urushiol and our immune systems cause the cells to blister.
X04xD TIL a picture of H. H. Holmes, the serial killer, hangs in the University of Michigan hospital as part of their historic class photos. He graduated from their medical school in 1884 under the name of H. W. Mudgett
6EjD8 TIL in 2018 two melons were auctioned off in Japan for ¥3.2 million (almost $30,000). Yubari King melons are often given as luxurious gifts and are famous for their ridiculous sweetness.
LkNWV TIL Six Chinese passengers survived the Titanic, but were mocked, rejected from the US and omitted from history
aw7lo TIL That when the Pope dies, he is smacked in the head with a gilded silver hammer to make sure he is dead.