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TIL that phytophotodermatitis is a UV activated blistering condition that can be caused by common plants like fig trees, celery and lime trees!

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5Y80k TIL There are 72,000 ladybugs in a gallon (approximate "We do not count them.")
OoGpY TIL the FBI kept files on Elvis Presley because they believed he raised the sexual passions of teenagers posing a "definite danger to the security of the United States"
W0VA TIL that America is the only developed country on earth where the current generation is less educated than the previous generation
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