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TIL that fava beans can cause your red blood cells to self destruct (haemolytic anemia) if you have an inherited G6PD enzyme deficiency (aka Favism).

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8axDV TIL that during WWI, no foreign coaling stations were available to Germany, and its coast was blockaded. So the Germans outfitted a sailing ship as a commerce raider and disguised it as a Norwegian woodcarrier - it sailed past the British blockade and captured 15 ships over the next two years.
e0oGn TIL that during WWII Merchant Seafarers had a proportionately higher death rate than any of the armed forces
rR5Z4 TIL soft serve ice cream became popular after Tom Carvel's ice cream truck got a flat tire. He started serving the melting ice cream to vacationers. Two years later he opened his first soft serve ice cream shop at the same site where his truck broke down.
YpJ17 TIL Winston Churchill gets a doctor’s note to drink “unlimited” alcohol in Prohibition America
kOYLe TIL that Switzerland invaded Liechtenstein in 2007. Liechtenstein official response was “It's not like they invaded with attack helicopters”