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TIL Foods high in Nickel may cause IBS symptoms if you are allergic to nickel.

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yQ6gV TIL almost 10% of all the concrete used in the WW2 German Atlantic Wall went on the fortification of the tiny Channel islands. The 1944 allied invasion of France simply ignored them, finally liberating them in May 1945.
nWvOY TIL that there are digital high security combination locks that can detect robotic dialing, and can even support two-person locking with one physical dial
7DV7 TIL a man survived Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele removing his kidney without anesthesia and survived a gas chamber as he was the 201st person in line for a chamber of 200 people.
d8AME TIL the Dalai Lama is almost a vegetarian. He alternates. While he advocates vegetarianism, if he is in the company of meat-eaters, he is happy to eat meat. The White House once offered him a vegetarian menu and he declined.
R7Xw TIL. Casper the Friendly Ghost was a young teen who died of pneumonia after sledding all day.