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TIL a dog survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 965, when the 757 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Columbia, killing 151 of the 155 passengers onboard.

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MYW0 TIL the first documented cases of cancer were found on papyrus manuscripts in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. In these manuscripts, 8 cases of breast tumors are mentioned that were removed by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.”
0wM1A TIL that the ingredients used by the witches in Macbeth, such as eye of newt and toe of frog, are actually just old terms for herbs, flowers and plants. In particular, eye of newt is the name for mustard seeds and toe of frog refers to buttercups.
8V5b TIL Fidel Castro claimed he survived 634 assassination attempts by the CIA
yP4X TIL there are DVDs that look and smell like pizza when you are done watching them.
00dv TIL that a 17-year old girl diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma refused chemotherapy because she did not want to put the “poison” in her body. After the state took custody of the girl from her mother, a judge mandated she undergo chemotherapy treatment. She is now in remission.