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TIL that wasp stings are alkaline but bee stings are acidic

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LQWLZ TIL that “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by Alvin & the Chipmunks was the only Christmas song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 until Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” did so 61 years later.
KYNDw TIL that some people experience “phantom vibrations” from their phones. Many people feel their phones vibrating even when they haven’t received a notification, a phenomenon caused by the brain expecting stimuli.
VMypp TIL about Lazarus Syndrome where people come back to life without assistance after attempts to resuscitate have failed
wRQ1 TIL that Missouri has extremely loose alcohol laws. Not only is public intoxication legal under state law, but it’s illegal for local governments to illegalize it; furthermore, one can drive from St. Louis to Kansas City with an open container, closing it only when passing through five towns.
jyMN TIL that the tree of knowledge in Judeo-Christian Religion was an apple tree possibly because of a pun. (Malum means bad in Latin, while malūm means apple)