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TIL that if you have a Brazil nut allergy, you can develop an allergic reaction if you have sex with someone who had recently consumed Brazil nuts. A study in 2007 documented the first case of a sexually transmitted allergic reaction to Brazil nuts.

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0ogL TIL that Benjamin Franklin curiously stated, in context of the discussion to create the system of Impeachment in the United States, that, historically speaking, assassination was a justifiable way of removing “obnoxious” leaders.
awEk0 TIL After J. F. Kennedy was assissinated, his brain was stored in a locker at the national archives. After 3 years the brain went missing, and has never been seen since
PYAjg TIL that archaeologists use the term Before Present, whereby the Present is the 1st of Jan 1950, because after that point in time, we had done so much nuclear testing, that nothing can be reliably carbon-dated anymore.
5dRR TIL a window washer in New York survived a 47-floor fall by hanging onto the aluminum platform, which rode the air like a surfboard creating wind resistance that slowed his descent. He now walks 1-2 miles every day and has finished a 5k charity event.
VMAZ TIL that in the midst if the sexual abuse scandal involving the church, the pope was granted immunity from everything to do with a coverup and anything to do with the rape or molestation of children involving the clergy. He was granted this immunity by President George W Bush. 15:00 into the video