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TIL that an Israeli peanut snack called bamba, which is eaten at an early age within Israel greatly reduces the chance of the child having peanut allergies, and studies with high risk children showed that eating bamba made child’s chances of contracting an allergy 5 times less than avoiding them.

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0daQN TIL that in ancient Rome, some statues were designed with removable heads, so the same body could represent different people. This clever approach was especially useful when a new emperor came to power and needed to replace the image of a disgraced or rival predecessor.
gMVjD TIL American Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to have won gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different disciplines
LkPJQ TIL that 20th Century Fox sued Universal Studios in 1978, claiming that Battlestar Galactica used 34 distinct ideas stolen from Star Wars. Universal sued Fox, claiming that Star Wars took ideas from Buck Rogers and Silent Running. The case lasted 5 years before the studios settled out of court.
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D1MkY TIL about tetramethyl orthosilicate, a substance that reacts with water to create silica and methanol. It's vapor can blind you and give you respiratory problems by creating silica crystals in your eyes and lungs.