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TIL Americans allergies have been getting worse since the 1950's, When the USDA encouraged municipalities to plant pollen producing male trees instead of "the messy fruit and seed bearing" female trees.

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d0eE TIL Tibetan monks sleep sitting up and even have a special “box” for it (pic in article)
yVVba TIL: Pollen isn’t always yellow, it has a vast array of colours.
yVAoJ TIL of the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. It is known primarily for a cave that was the only inland site in Australia with evidence of continuous human occupation for over 46,000 years, including through the last Ice Age. The cave was permanently destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto in May 2020
W9Do TIL 95% of commercially grown avocados come from trees descended from a single tree owned by a California mail carrier.
YpPjr TIL that cities such as Seattle and LA have a "mutual combat law", which occurs when two individuals intentionally and consensually engage in a fair fight, while not hurting bystanders or damaging property, and police do not intervene