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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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VMVoQ TIL of the Gay Panic Defense: "a legal strategy in which a defendant claims they acted in a state of violent, temporary insanity, committing assault or murder, because of unwanted same-sex sexual advances." Basically, if a gay person hitting on you makes you upset, you can attack or even kill them.
PYR9V TIL Phoenix, AZ used to be full of canals built by indigenous peoples
kJOVE TIL after the catastrophic Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, the city was rebuilt with the world's first anti-seismic architecture. All buildings were restricted in height, poles were driven into the riverbed to reinforce, and streets were made into wide boulevards.
6EJWw TIL that Platypus DNA is a mixture of bird, reptilian, and mammal. They have no stomachs, have hips like a reptile, and have electrical receptors on their face like a shark that help them sense prey. They have no nipples because milk leaks out onto their fur which young lap straight off the body.
GAY84 TIL in 2007 a Tombstone with the inscription "you will always be remembered, never forgotten", was left behind by a passenger at Dublin airport, subsequently ending up in lost property.