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TIL People working to plant and harvest tobacco can get a condition known as Green Tobacco Sickness from dew or rainwater on the plants.

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1XZd TIL potatoes have almost all nutrients humans need to survive. To prove this, the Executive Director from the Washington State Potato Commission ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days.
x6bDb TIL that some orcas prey on dolphins
MNN7 TIL that because blood only has a shelf life of approximately 42 days, after 9/11 and the flood of blood donations the Red Cross had to throw out all of the surplus blood, and experienced a shortage.
9DDG TIL - NASA posted sounds made in space near different planets in 2007. They have been appropriately named “Spooky Space Sounds.” You can listen here.
DWag TIL Victorian London had many reports of “Spring-heeled Jack” - a monster with claws & a cape who could spit fire & jump >9 ft in the air - accosting & frightening women into seizures & catatonic states. A group of soldiers encountered him & opened fire; he slapped one in the face & jumped away