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TIL - Some Cats Can Be Allergic to Humans

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1aAQX TIL the first firemen to respond to the Chernobyl meltdown stood above the burning core, which emitted radiation at 30,000 roentgen per hour. When they died a few weeks later, their bodies were so radioactive they were buried in coffins made of lead with the lids welded shut.
VamD TIL the world’s biggest living organism is an aspen south of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, made up of 47,000 tree trunks, covering 106 acres and weighing more than 13 million pounds.
W76kY TIL The United States tried to purchase Greenland for $100 million in 1946
rRZBx TIL there are no snakes in New Zealand
OGPVL TIL a Jiffy is a real unit of time (a jiffy is about 3 × 10 to the power of minus 24 seconds)