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TIL in 2020 global human-made mass exceeded all living biomass

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16VyX TIL that if you have a birch pollen allergy you may also be allergic to peaches
kLw5 TIL, before his death, Ed Sullivan believed he was suffering complications from his long-standing battle with ulcers. He did not know that he had been diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer the month before, a diagnosis his family and doctors had kept secret from him.
QJwre TIL in WWII, Germany carried out only one land operation in north America, the installation of a secret weather station in Newfoundland. They scattered American cigarette packets and planted a sign saying "Canadian Meteor Service" in case anyone found it, and the site wasn't rediscovered until 1977.
woLdW TIL Queen Elizabeth has an official shoe-wearer who breaks in her shoes so they don't give her blisters
8ejL TIL that in ancient Japan, buddhist monks mummified themselves by following a strict diet and drinking poisonous tea over a 10 year period. This was seen as the ultimate act of self denial.