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TIL: Lobster roe turns bright red when cooked hence known as Lobster Coral

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Egpm0 TIL that animals can become allergic to humans, as well as other animals
xV1Zk TIL that writing notes by hand causes you to remember the material better than typing it on a computer. This is because when writing by hand, people tend to process the material in depth, rather than just transcribe it verbatim.
Y7mM7 TIL that the Virgin Boy Egg is a dish with a longstanding tradition in Dongyang, China, in which a vendor boils an egg in the urine of young boys, preferably under the age of ten. They are routinely eaten and are "widely accepted as a time-honored tradition"
0wj1L TIL of Georg Konrad Morgen, an SS judge who prosecuted numerous fellow Nazis for various crimes such as corruption and murder, including those committed in the concentration camp system. After World War II, he testified at the Nuremberg trials against his former colleagues.
GVwE TIL there’s a word for the smell of earth after rain… ‘Petrichor’