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TIL that pets can be allergic to humans

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WkkJ9 TIL Founder or Little Caesars Pizza Mike Ilitch's first philanthropic efforts was the Little Caesars Love Kitchen, established in 1985. The traveling restaurant was formed to feed the hungry and assist with food provisions during natural disasters.
gArX TIL that in 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italy’s independence, volunteered his services to President Abraham Lincoln and was offered a Major General’s commission in the U.S. Army. His sole condition: that the war’s objective be declared as the abolition of slavery.
v11dK TIL that Brian Thompson, who played the villain in the 1986 film "Cobra," had to deliver his final monologue to the script supervisor instead of Sylvester Stallone, who was busy watching a basketball game.
1aan7 TIL that town planning was once an Olympic event, as were several other architectural disciplines. The Olympics were to be about the arts as much as sport and contestants could compete in literature, music and several other non-sporting pursuits
GPP4 TIL women are about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth to a live baby than to die from complications of an abortion.