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TIL - Some Cats Can Be Allergic to Humans

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KDkR TIL Both abstainers and heavy drinkers showed an increased mortality of about 50% over moderate drinkers
1la4 TIL that the concept of a zombie apocalypse is four thousand years old. In the heroic epic about him, Gilgamesh, the mythical king of Uruk spurned the advances of Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. She became enraged and threatened to “raise the dead who will outnumber the living and devour them.”
dV7B TIL- that there is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt.
wL9k1 TIL a “perfect” Ford Model T costs less than a new Mustang. The costliest specimen in 2020 sold for less than $25k.
j6JMj TIL In 2007, John Galvan and two others were serving a life sentence when he saw a MythBusters' episode "Hollywood on Trial." which debunks a cigarette igniting gasoline. In Chicago, 1986, John was forced to sign a false confession, saying that's how the fire started. They were exonerated in 2022.