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TIL about Alpha-gal Syndrome. A serious, Sometimes life threatening condition, Where you can develop an allergy to red meats and other products made from mammals after being bitten by a Lone Star Tick.

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Me5yA TIL the expression "avoid like the plague" originates from priest and theologian Saint Jerome (c. 347–420), who wrote, "Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.” Back then, clergymen were also politicians.
GYWwG TIL The federal statute of limitations on bank robbery is only 5 years.
pvlZ TIL Monty Python’s album ‘The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief’ had double grooves on side B, meaning that depending on where you dropped the needle, a different set of tracks would play. Because there was no track listing, many fans were genuinely confused.
m1l5M TIL about the elephant mosquito, which is 4 times larger than a regular mosquito, but actually feeds on mosquito larva
4y6R TIL that some fruit flies have sperm cells up to 5.8 cm (2.3 inches) long