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TIL peanut allergies plummet by 77% if they're added to babies' diets at 4-6 months of age

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4MDw TIL a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18 after needing 13 liters of blood during a major chest surgery at 13. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood more than 1,000 times, saving over 2,000,000 lives.
ANMPa TIL Arthur Uther Pendragon, born John Timothy Rothwell, became convinced that he was the reincarnation of the mythical king after reading a book. He became a druid and formed the Loyal Arthurian Warband, a Druidic group focusing on environmentalism.
bNW4 TIL that Italy didn’t have tomatoes until 1548, which is why traditional Italian food doesn’t use tomatoes
xyeB TIL of the boomslang snake in Africa. It’s venom can cause the victim to bleed to death from every orifice.
loAjG TIL about the blackpoll warbler, a 5-inch-long bird that weighs about as much as a ballpoint pen. In their fall migration they take off from the northeastern US and don't stop flying until they reach South America- 72 to 88 hours and 1900 miles of nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean is involved.