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TIL arsenic is used in chemotherapy to treat a type of cancer called promyelocytic leukaemia

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voR TIL that Sylvia Plath’s husband burned her last journal upon her death, but agreed that her unpublished papers and journals may be released in 2013.
9wMOD TIL none of Abraham Lincoln's great-grandchildren had any children. His descendants died out in the 1970s-80s.
yQpNl TIL One of the Symptoms of Quitting Marijuana is Unusually Vivid, More Intense Dreams
wOa7 TIL Switzerland is rigged with over 3000 demolition points to collapse bridges and create bomb shelters in event of an attack
4XBRo TIL an American man spent 20 years building his dream house. What started as a one-story property grew into a multi-story tower, that also happened to look like the Eye of Sauron. Nearing completion, he fell from a roof on the house and died, 'Smith Mansion' has remained empty ever since.