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TIL if you have a shellfish allergy you should avoid eating edible insects, as they’re closely related and have some of the same proteins which cause shellfish allergies.

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4XkmN TIL preparations for Y2K computer bug costed world US$300 billion ($417 billion today)
4XMM5 TIL that the original and mostly forgotten theme song for the 1963 pilot of Gilligan's Island was written by John Williams - then only a few years into his musical career.
LmbQ TIL the standard “headphone jack” connector has been roughly the same since 1878
oB6b8 TIL Tim Burton was originally working on a movie based on the Dinosaurs Attack! trading cards, but switched to Mars Attacks! after the release of Jurassic Park.
NXOG1 TIL a study lured 290 participants under the false premise the study was on attractiveness. They were told their peers would be rating their photo & while “waiting” for the ratings, they played Tetris for 10 minutes. Researchers found that Tetris can put people into a state of “flow” & ease anxiety.