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TIL You can be allergic to water.

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b6Z99 TIL Rocky Mountain High by John Denver is Colorado's second official state song
y0v8 TIL that in 1963 Frank Sinatra’s son was kidnapped and the kidnappers demanded to be called on payphone, during one call Frank ran out of coins and thought it cost him his son. Thankfully he got his son back but he was never without a roll dimes again for the rest of his life.
1NyO TIL that there is evidence that humans as recently as the Greeks could not see the color blue and described “blue” things like the ocean as “wine-dark” as written in the Odyssey.
Om01 TIL Queen Elizabeth does not need a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she just has to say that she is the queen.
P1Nrn TIL: For centuries in the Middle Ages, armies would have a carroccio, a four wheeled wagon carrying city signs, relics, and a large cross into battle. It would be protected by the bravest warriors and be used to celebrate Mass before battle. It's use diminished as mercenaries become commonplace.