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TIL there are an estimated 20 - 40 Million people in the U.S that are affected by hay fever, which are allergies specific to grass pollen. Such allergy has proven to be the most frequent allergic response in the nation.

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9Ya4m TIL A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Has Been Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
AN7g TIL that the last place to rejoin the Union after the American Civil War was a small town in upstate New York. In 1861, the town voted 80-45 to secede, but was not included in Reconstruction and didn’t vote to rejoin the Union until 1946.
4knJb TIL about the 25th Dynasty of Egypt aka Black Pharaohs, a line of Pharaohs who originated from the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan and southern Egypt). They reigned over Egypt for nearly a century and restored traditional Egyptian values, culture, art, and architecture (including pyramids).
0wkDA TIL Female Humans are considered the “fundamental” sex because all fertilized eggs become females unless a single gene in the Y chromosome is present.
b6Lrj TIL With 3,213 metres (10500 feet) from the support tower to the top station, the cable car Zugspitze has the world’s longest free span.