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TIL that a Peanut Allergy is Misdiagnosed in 2 out of 3 cases.

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PVZZ TIL that “RPG”, when used in reference to the RPG-7 weapon, does not stand for rocket propelled grenade. Instead, it is a Russian acronym for Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot, roughly translated as “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
BronK TIL Walt Disney was once filmed physically performing the role of Mickey Mouse as a reference for the animators of a 1930s short. Sadly, no known copies of the footage exist.
awakL TIL Michael Thonet's S214 stool, designed in the 1850s, was the first stool to be produced industrially on a large scale for Europe's rapidly growing urban population in the 19th century.
k5p1 TIL that hurricanes and cyclones cannot cross the equator.
awrVM TIL about Konstantin Volkov, a would be NKVD defector. He offered to expose hundreds of Soviet agents operating in Britain. The man put in charge of his case was Kim Philby, who was secretly working for the Soviets. He promptly informed his handlers about Volkov who was then most likely killed.