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TIL Brazil nut allergy is the only one where the triggering protein can be sexually transmitted ie. you can die having sex with a person who ate them

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4eyb TIL that President Lyndon B Johnson owned an “Amphicar,” an amphibious car and would surprise unsuspecting guests by driving down a steep incline towards a lake and scream “The brakes don’t work! The brakes won’t hold! We’re going in! We’re going under!”
b6oPj Today I Learned Elephants Get Drunk Eating Overripe Fruits
7rw9p TIL that Dave Grohl wrote the popular 90s song "Everlong" in 45 minutes while living in a friend's basement
gMvMD TIL that during the Chenrobyl disaster - Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov accepeted a suicide mission to release a safety valve in time and, in doing so, saved the world from a disaster that would have been exponentially worse than the initial explosion.
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