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TIL fire ant bites can cause an allergic reaction to scorpion venom even during first exposure which usually should not cause anaphylaxis.

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QAXE Til a chocolate scientist has her taste buds insured for 1 Million pounds
JYY4B TIL In 2006, The FBI planted an informant pretending to be a radical Muslim in a mosque, and the Muslims in the mosque reported him to the FBI.
kOEpm TIL American Airlines saved $40,000 a year by removing one olive from each salad in first class and Northwest Airlines saved $500,000 a year compared by cutting their limes differently.
xROg TIL that 20/20 vision isn’t actually “perfect”, and that professional baseball players average around 20/12 vision; greater acuity than conventional eye charts test for.
BrdWL TIL that humans have a negativity bias that makes us continuously look for bad news. The trait stems from early humans who developed it as a survival mechanism