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TIL in 2008 a woman from Ireland died from an allergic reaction to canine semen after having sex with a dog.

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DQv8r TIL a very valuable painting called "Christ Mocked" was found to have been just hanging in an elderly woman's kitchen for years. She had been thinking of throwing it out, but her family called in an appraiser.
yQe0V TIL the woman who holds the record for the most summits of Mount Everest (9) is a single mother who works as a dishwasher at Whole Foods in Connecticut.
b9kPN TIL that there exist fungus that can digest gamma rays using melanin, the protein found in our skin, and turn it into energy.
R79kl TIL that availability of potatoes played an important role in spurring economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries. The introduction of the potato explains the 25–26% of the increase in old world population and 27–34% of the increase in urbanization between 1700 - 1900.
rNXyx TIL in 2013, JCPenney sold a stainless steel tea kettle that attracted controversy due to its perceived resemblance to Adolf Hitler.