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TIL of Phytophotodermatitis, a skin condition caused by exposure to sunlight after handling citrus fruits

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lbX7 TIL a queen ant can live up to 30 years old and lay millions of eggs in her lifetime.
M7L9A TIL about Mike Millard, a legendary concert bootlegger. He would pretend to be handicapped in order to sneak in his recording equipment on his wheelchair.
9YRgp TIL: In 1877, George Cowan got shot in the head, crawled to make coffee at an old camp, crawled thru Yellowstone, crossed a river, got burned in a forest fire, had surgery to remove bullets, got thrown from a carriage before it rolled over a cliff, and while receiving care afterwards, his bed broke
69Ay8 TIL: TIL that marshmallows were originally made from a plant called marshmallow (mallows that grew in marshes). The root of the marshmallow plant is high in mucilage, which is a type of gel that gives marshmallows their chewy texture. Today, marshmallows are no longer made from the plant.
Lbr TIL that before anti-venom, the black mamba had a 100% mortality rate