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TIL that tomatoes contain similar protein structures to grass pollen, and thus can cause mouth irritation for hay-fever sufferers

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QXja TIL two Christian monks smuggled silkworms out of China in bamboo canes. Those silkworms were used to give the Byzantine Empire a trade monopoly in Europe, which became the foundation of their economy for the next 650 years.
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