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TIL: In 2007 a scientist invented a method to remove the allergens from Peanuts.

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0wVDL TIL that the tail of a stegosaurus is called the "thagomizer". The term was coined in 1982 in a cartoon made by Gary Larson. This bone did not have a scientific name yet, and thagomizer was eventually adopted as the scientific name.
l77vN TIL that the most aggressive sharks in the world to humans are called Requiem Sharks, which consist of over 60 species of sharks. They are responsible for over half of all attacks on humans.
ZByp TIL the Pentagon was constructed with twice the number of bathrooms needed for the number of employees because segregated Virginia at the time required separate facilities for “white” and “colored” persons.
jNnbE TIL Emma Watson and JK Rowling first met in 2001 when Watson was cast to play Hermione Granger. The pair have remained close friends following the release of the final Harry Potter film in 2011 and Watson even interviewed Rowling for Wonderland Magazine in 2014
GY861 TIL: Large amounts of stored pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion