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TIL that cancer cells crawl from area to the next which is called metastasis.

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xyK0 TIL California’s economy is the 9th largest economy in the world.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.
Dmrp TIL: Sperm from fire ant populations is capable of eliminating DNA from female ovum, essentially producing a clone of the male.
Y7p67 TIL when Taco Bell first opened in 1962, lots of customers were unsure how to pronounce "taco" often calling them "Tay-kohs" before the correct pronunciation became widely known.
dV5B TIL that Iran has banned the mullet haircut to “confront the cultural assault by the West”.