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TIL there is an Acupuncture Treatment for Alpha Gal Meat Allergy, caused by Lone Star Tick bites, and it appears to be highly effective.

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JY5X8 TIL that Idaho does not have a governor's mansion. The business tycoon J.R. Simplot donated his mansion to the state, but the cost of lawn maintenance depleted state funds and the state eventually gave it back to the Simplot Family.
9Md6 TIL Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US, and finished in 1976.
dXpE TIL that Gilbert Lewis, the man responsible for lewis dot structures was nominated for the Nobel Prize 35 times, the most nominations in history, and he didn’t win a single time.
oRRAL TIL of Lysistrata, an Ancient Greek Comedy where the women withheld sex to end a war.