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TIL lobsters are sea roaches. People with shellfish allergies will also react to cockroaches and other insects.

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g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.
Q6M9 TIL that, during an English peasant revolt, a rebel leader nicknamed Captain Pouch promised to protect the rebels by the contents of his pouch. When the rebellion failed and he was captured, all that was found in his pouch was a piece of green cheese.
P1QZL TIL after CIA agents John Downey and Richard Fecteau were captured in China, premier Zhou Enlai offered to release them if the US acknowledged them as agents. US secretary of state Dulles not only refused but also forbade others from cooperating, resulting in them being imprisoned for 20 years.
7rMoM TIL the influenza epidemic of 1918 was called the “Spanish Flu” because Spain was neutral during World War I and was the only country with a free press able to report on the disease. People just assumed the flu, which killed more people than WWI, began in Spain, but it’s unknown where it started.
ZyvD TIL that “Breaking Bad” writer and director Vince Gilligan became a professional writer after submitting a fan script to “The X-Files” for its 2nd season. It became an episode and he went on to be a regular writer and producer on the X-Files.