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TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Traded a pipe for a watch in 6th grade, I was allergic to nickel and he broke the pipe the first day he had it. Tragic really.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how cool was that pipe that it was worth a watch??