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TIL that 9% of all adults with asthma and 30% of patients with asthma and nasal polyps suffer from Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) which can cause sinus infections and loss of smell. 75% of all patients with AERD develop mild-to-moderate respiratory reactions when they drink alcohol

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omML TIL hobos had an ethical code that included “boiling up” as often as possible and making an effort to convince runaways to return home.
neb9W TIL that famous English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti buried most of his poems with his late wife in Highgate Cemetery of London, then later had her exhumed so he could retrieve them.
4B9b TIL that hippos often enjoy licking massive crocodiles.
QLRd TIL horse-sized ducks (Dromornithidae) roamed Australia 50,000 years ago