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TIL consumption of crickets, mealworms or other insects can trigger an allergic reaction in people with shellfish allergies. This is true even for farm or pet store workers with occupational exposure to crickets.

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wLobW TIL that because their hearing is different from humans dogs adopt and respond to certain names better than others. Names with 2 syllables containing hard consonants and S's like 'Lisa' or 'Rosy' are optimal.
6EQ6Y TIL that exclusive sale rights of colchicine, a 2000-year-old treatment for gout, was given to a pharmaceutical company in 2009. They raised the price 50x, costing the government over $50 million/year.
BgWwk TIL John Hart attempted to reform English spelling over 200 years before Noah Webster
O9A7 TIL when Dr. Jonas Salk (discoverer and developer of the first polio vaccine) was asked who owned the patent he replied “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” Forbes calculated the vaccine to be “worth” 7 billion dollars. Happy 100th birthday you magnificent bastard.
d8MRQ TIL of the Icelandic Naming Committee, a committee that can deny the introduction of any new given child names into the Icelandic culture and vocabulary based on compatibility with Icelandic tradition.