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TIL that people can be allergic to cold weather.

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oBBaY Short answer: You’re less distracted by your native tongue.
VBVmk TIL that at age 8, Cynthia Ann Parker was captured by the Comanche tribe and adopted into their way of life, ultimately having 3 children with a chief, before being recaptured at age 33. She never fully reassimilated, having escaped once before being returned again.
PjeG TIL: Divers found ~$4.5 million worth of Spanish gold coins 15 feet from the Florida shore.
YpJnW TIL of Vladimir Pokhilko, the co-creator of Tetris. A Russian academic and clinical psychologist, he helped shaped the final version of the game with Alexey Pajitnov. He was in financial ruin later in life and killed his family and himself in 1998.
jELv TIL that “that orange couch” from The Wire was originally found in a dumpster by the set crew and used in the Pilot; a month later when the show was picked up, they spent $5,000 building a new couch from scratch because someone threw out the old one.