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TIL of immune privilege, where parts of your body that would be damaged by an immune response (inflammation, high temperature) work outside of your body's immune system, including your eyes and testes.

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jb6a TIL global chicken population is 24 billion
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Ookja TIL experiments found that the colors of light reflected on crops while growing can affect their products: tomatoes grown over red mulch had 20% higher yield, carrots grown over yellow mulch had higher concentrations of beta carotene, "far-red" light increased the lengths of cotton fibers, and more.
9wE7 TIL King of the Hill was cancelled to make room for The Cleveland Show.
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