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TIL that in April 2022 the UK government added Hepatitis B to emergency testing when people came to the ER. The results were that 1 in 300 people were diagnosed with Hepatitis B.

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4Gbo TIL that getting a bone marrow transplant from someone with a food allergy can transfer the allergy to the transplant recipient.
jNN9j TIL that Marianas Trench is a United States National Monument
N75XQ TIL that in 2009 California milk processors funded a 22-minute rock opera titled "Battle for Milkquarious." It was marketed as "The most amazing rock opera ever made about milk."
a8Qn9 TIL in the 1980s, the British rock band Gene Loves Jezebel was formed by twin brothers Michael & Jay Aston. Around 1997, they split into two bands, each with the same name due to separate US/UK naming rights. The Mountain Goats' song "Abandoned Flesh" summarizes GLJ's confusing history.
5YXdD TIL that "lactose-free milk" is just milk with an added enzyme that helps lactose-intolerant people digest it.