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TIL rich and middle class kids are more likely to have a peanut allergy than those who are poor.

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kObaE TIL that online recipe blogs come with seven different short stories and 30 personal anecdotes in order to create copyright protections for the recipe being blogged about. Recipes get copyright protections while ingredients lists don’t. Someone else can claim your writing if it’s not unique enough.
gxJL TIL There is a medical condition called “Megarectum,” where the rectum is chronically dilated an average of 3.5 inches and can hold at least 6.34 cups of fluid.
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woNkW TIL in 1974, scientists discovered a completely preserved 2,400-year-old human brain in York, UK. Known as the Heslington Brain, it survived due to unique soil conditions and remains the oldest preserved human brain ever found.
ZppbB TIL when an electrocuted human gets launched across a room, it is not from the current itself, but rather our muscles contracting all at once from the current.