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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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AN01g TIL CBS was fined $272,000 because Young Sheldon misused the Emergency Alert System tone signals in an episode showing a tornado warning, which is illegal to use outside a real warning, and since the EAS was made in 1997 while Young Sheldon takes place in the early 90s, this usage was anachronistic
wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
DlgY TIL that Charles Hires, the first person to successfully market a commercial brand of root beer, decided to call his drink “root beer” despite it not containing any alcohol because he wanted to market it to Pennsylvania coal miners
rN1R1 TIL When a horse and donkey mate they make a mule (or hinnie). Mules are stronger than horses and donkeys of the same size and are more resilient to disease.
QABk TIL German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa/visa given on arrival, the most in the world.