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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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QJYDe TIL that there are certain companies (Eternal Reefs) that turns dead bodies into an Ocean Leaf. They mix the cremated remains of a person to create a pearl which is then encased in reef baals and dropped to sea where it provides a new habitat for fish and sea life and encourages vibrant ecosystem.
JYrbB TIL that Toyota once made military trucks for the Japanese Imperial Army.
yNVp TIL- There is a tribe of people in an almost inaccessible Himalayan valley that made a decision to bring their own race to extinction by choosing to not have children. If you broke the no breeding tribal rule, you would be banned from the village, which was in essence a death sentence.
OEYR TIL At 26 locations across Canada, 35,046 German soldiers, sailors, airmen and potential insurgents were incarcerated under a program one later called “the best thing that happened to me.” A estimate 6,000 wanted to stay in Canada after the War.
Z8xOp TIL there is a Mickey Mouse shaped solar farm at Disney World, Florida