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TIL: Scientists have discovered how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells

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dxKZ TIL thirty Afghan interpreters and their 64 family members were granted a resettlement package in New Zealand amid fears they would be killed by the Taliban once Kiwi soldiers left Afghanistan. The Police Commissioner stated: “It’s now our turn to return the favour and be mates to you.”
d8Ob8 TIL in 1998, Alex Trebek donated of 74 acres of open land (worth $2m at the time) in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills for the purpose of conservation and as a wildlife corridor
697eY TIL: The Orang Minyak or "oily man" is a supernatural creature that abducts young women. It is able to climb walls and evade capture due to being slippery. It is usually described as being naked and versions of the legend vary between it being an evil warlock, "rapist covered in oil", or a summon.
4m8a TIL- NERF stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam
YpKjW TIL Võ Nguyên Giáp, a general in the Vietnam People's Army, had no direct military training & was a history teacher at a French-speaking academy. He would later earn the moniker "Red Napoleon" by some Western sources. He has been called one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century