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TIL Someone has cataloged all the claims The Daily Mail have made regarding what does and does not cause cancer.

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KOdnQ TIL about claqueurs—audience members paid to cheer. It was common in theater/opera before fading out 70 yrs ago. The Bolshoi Theater still has them—they give dancers an extra moment to catch their breath at key points. Claqueurs can get revenge on agreement-breakers by applauding at wrong moments.
eJon TIL the Romans loved Chinese silk so much that the Senate banned its wearing by men in 14 A.D. It was hurting the economy as way too much silk was being imported and not enough of other stuff, like iron.
7AX TIL in 1983 an Israeli pilot sucessfully landed an F-15 with only one wing. In fact he didn’t realize the extent of the damage until after landing, and stated he would have ejected had he known.
4B4N TIL that XHamster has a higher Alexa rating, #55, than BBC, CNN, and Netflix, who have #61, #62, #86, respectively.
l76m5 TIL the first use in print of the term 'heavy metal' to describe a genre of music was in the review of Sir Lord Baltimore's 1970 debut album, Kingdom Come, in Creem magazine.