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TIL Humans actually emit light (but very dim)

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epjp6 TIL rats passed plague to fleas, who unleashed death across history. The Yersinia pestis bacteria clogged the fleas guts, making them ravenous but unable to swallow. Desperate, they bit wildly, vomiting infection into each victim. This unstoppable cycle of horror wiped out millions over centuries!
9ZkM TIL that Adolph Coors III, who was the heir to the Coors beer empire, was allergic to beer.
5n9 TIL: Ravel’s “Boléro” is thought to be a symptom of the neurological condition “progressive aphasia.”
KWOE TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any account using the password “eh”.
vkD7 TIL that Japanese scientists won IG Nobel Prize for creating a wasabi fire alarm for members of deaf community