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TIL Harvard once spent$ 100M on vineyards

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O5DX TIL Radiation is often measured as “banana equivalent doses,” where 1 dose is the amount of radioactivity in a banana.
mY1v TIL that suicide is the leading cause of death for people under 30 in Japan.
loVpB TIL that phytophotodermatitis is a UV activated blistering condition that can be caused by common plants like fig trees, celery and lime trees!
aNoo TIL- When the management at her Ravenswood apartment building barred Mae West’s African-American boxing champion boyfriend, William Jones from entering the premises, West solved the problem by buying the building and lifting the ban.
gMpxW TIL Charlemagne may have been killed by his tablecloth. He liked it because he could throw it into a fire to clean it. He died of pleurisy, one of the effects of asbestos exposure.