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TIL that not all food allergies induce anaphylaxis or produce immediate symptoms - a certain class of allergic reaction called "Non-IgE-mediated food allergy" causes symptoms similar instead to food poisoning, often not for several hours after a meal has been eaten

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yk0v TIL (Monty Python member) Graham Chapman’s last words were “Sorry for saying fuck”
grKND TIL that even if King Charles III had an older sister, he still would have been first in line to the throne; male-preference primogeniture wasn't changed to absolute primogeniture until the 2011 Perth Agreement.
4opw TIL that the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist.
MepgB TIL President George H.W. Bush called Portland the Beirut of the United States
0wwZR TIL before the electric telegraph, there was a system called the semaphore telegraph, where signals were communicated visually using a network of towers topped with pivoting blades and paddles that could be rearranged to indicate different symbols