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TIL the first documented case of cancer dates back to Ancient Egypt, in 1500 B.C.

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kJYv5 TIL B-17 crews in WWII were volunteers, they could quit flying at any time. They had some of the highest casualty rates of any service in the war yet thousands continued to fly.
Wk9r9 TIL that an original copy of the Declaration of Independence was bought at a Tennessee thrift store for just $2.48 along with a candelabra and a set of salt and pepper shakers. It was then sold to a Utah firm for $477,650, nearly 200,000 times the original price.
VBWa8 TIL There Was A Priest On The Toronto Maple Leafs
JYXVv TIL: The hip hop music video style of the mid nineties to mid naughties was all heavily inspired by one guy, Hype Williams
m1Lwo TIL The world record for the fastest flight speed of a manned airplane was set in 1967 when The North American X-15 reached a top speed of Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph or 7,274 km/h).