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TIL some people are allergic to water.

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P1GbE TIL of Frank Neuhauser, the winner of the first National Spelling Bee. His prize was $500 in gold and his classmates gave him a bicycle.
4k6rb TIL that approximately 1,000 copies of the Ultimate Toy Box edition of the movie Toy Story 2 were shipped with a processing error that included a scene from an R-rated film 'High Fidelity', which featured the usage of the word "F**k" several times.
1arKD TIL that Tyler Dooley, Meghan Markle's nephew, grows marijuana in Oregon and he created a special blend called "Meghan Sparkle" to celebrate her getting married to Prince Harry
rrVd TIL that in WWII a Brit fighter ace lost his arm in a dogfight, so the RAF medical staff made him a custom prosthetic so he could keep fighting. He would later become squadron commander
KON1E TIL In 1968 MV Captain Leonidas was a ship that was tried to capsized in the deepest fjord in Western Hemisphere in Messier Channel, Pantagonia Chile. The reason was to claim insurance , but the ship stayed afloat, the captain's license was revoked & the shipwreck remained in the channel.