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TIL welders are not allowed to get MRIs because of the possibility of microscopic metal fragments lodged within their body

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X0ggP TIL Caesar Salad is Mexican Food
YpMNB TIL: Only in the twentieth century did humans decide that the dandelion was a weed. Before the invention of lawns, the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves were more likely to be praised as a bounty of food, medicine and magic. Gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions.
W67d TIL A man from Indonesia left his 9 dogs unfed for 2 weeks during a vacation and when he returned home his starving dogs attacked and ate him.
jNeaX TIL the Calusa Native American tribe ate shellfish and discarded middens of shell waste into Florida waters for generations, forming an entire island, ecosystem, and archaeological site known as Mound Key
d85y7 TIL of a Welsh village Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch named as a publicity stunt in 1869 to give the railway station the longest name in Britain. It means: St Marys Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.