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TIL that 30% of people who are allergic to dogs, may only be allergic to male dogs.

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yxpl TIL The most successful pirate in history was a Chinese prostitute. Cheng I Sao commanded 80,000 sailors & a fleet bigger than most country’s navies, which is why the government had to give up and offer her a truce. She retired with her loot & opened a gambling house before passing away peacefully.
MGOb TIL that if you win the million dollar prize on the McDonald’s monopoly game, they actually pay you $50,000 per year for 20 years.
XEnKP TIL that 14 of the 26 members of the Da Silva family in Brazil have 6 fingers on each hand due to a genetic condition called polydactyly
GYWaJ TIL that while competing at the 2002 World Junior Championships at the age of 15, Bolt became so nervous from the crowd's expectations that he put his shoes on the wrong feet. Nevertheless, he won the race, becoming the world's youngest junior gold medallist.
oBdWL TIL that the term "bug" existed before a real bug in a computer caused it to crash, and that the term was used before by electrical engineers to refer to hard-to-find physical defects that hindered the operation of an electric device.