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TIL a Swiss company is developing a shot called "Hypo Pet", to be injected in cats that essentially makes the cat hypoallergenic to humans. Hypo Pet modifies a cat's immune system to destroy primary allergen Fel d1 before it's released through the cat's skin and saliva.

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ADwpn TIL of the Congressional Apportionment Amendment. Proposed in 1789 along with 11 other bills (10 of which would become the bill of rights), it remains to this day a pending amendment to the US constitution. If 31 more states ratify it, the size of the House would grow to 6,565 members.
n1yP TIL Ecuador’s large monument to the Equator is not really on the equator. They marked the wrong spot 200 years ago and didn’t realize it until GPS was invented.
GAdJN TIL, a missionary noticed a pot (actually a ship's bell) used in a Maori Village to boil potatoes, had an unfamiliar script on it. The language was later identified to be Tamil, spoken in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. Recent dating suggests the bell was cast in the 17th or 18th century.
E5L7 TIL in 1971, LANSA Flight 508 crashed over the Amazon Jungle, killing all crew and 85 of 86 passengers. The sole survivor was a 17 y.o. girl, who fell 2 miles down into the rain forest strapped to her seat, survived the fall, and walked the jungle injured for 10 days until she was rescued by locals
dAP7 TIL Beer steins originally did not have lids. They were added during the age of the Black Plague, to prevent diseased fleas from getting into the beer.