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TIL that lone star tick bites can cause you to develop an allergy to mammalian meats.

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KOX6R TIL of Timothy Hunter, a DC Comics character created by Neil Gaiman seven years before Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He wears glasses, lost his mother when he was young, discovered he was destined to be a powerful wizard, and has a pet owl.
mOZp TIL Annually a Masturbate-a-thon is held in San Francisco for charity. Money is raised based on length of time a person masturbates. Similar to a walk-a-thon paid by the mile. The current record is 10 hours.
P1n7g TIL in the 80's & 90's bank robberies were such a commonplace in Los Angeles, in 1992 there were 28 bank robberies in a single day.
pY8ab TIL : Val Kilmer has lost his voice, quite literally. The only way we may hear speak again is through a computer program
rNeDy TIL: Over 30% of Vietnamese people have the last name "Nguyen", and almost 85% of people in the country have one of fifteen surnames