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TIL about Skeeter syndrome, a severe allergic reaction to mosquito (skeeter) bites

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P10gE TIL Everglades National Park is the only place in the world where Alligators coexist with Crocodiles in the wild
nevRW TIL that the Pythagorean theorem was discovered and proven by Babylonian mathematicians 1000 years before Pythagoras was born
78mgZ TIL about Peter Tuchman, a stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, famously known as the "most photographed trader on Wall Street" and often featured in reaction shots during especially volatile trading days.
QJw8d TIL after MLK won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta's business elite opposed an interracial celebration. Paul Austin, chair/CEO of CocaCola (1962–1981) & supporter of MLK summoned them & dared to move CocaCola's HQ out of Atlanta. Every ticket to the dinner was sold in 2 hours after the meeting
xwlw TIL the world’s largest beaver dam is in Alberta Canada. At 3,000 feet wide, it’s twice the width of the Hoover Dam. It’s so large it can be seen from space.