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TIL: You can be allergic to allergy medicine

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jojM TIL 99.9% of Calico Cats are female. If there is a male, it is usually sterile because it is a gene mutation.
wL1K7 TIL about Mary the Jewess, one of the first alchemical writers, living between the first and third centuries AD. She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.
VMgVm TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness beer than any other country.
b9B10 TIL 48222 is the United States only floating zip code. The JW Wescott II is a boat on the Detroit River that delivers and picks up mail to passing freighters
P1WpO TIL that the diesel engine/fuel source are named after their inventor Rudolph Diesel. More than 95% of today’s ships run on petroleum products, fueling diesel engines which have been optimized for their specific purposes. They ship about 90% of global trade.