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TIL Neolithic houses had doorways on the roof.
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TIL new American quarters will have bats.
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TIL about uranium glassware, where small samples of uranium were melted into glass before forming to create a wider range of colors. This practice stopped in the 40s and pieces now are highly sought by collectors.
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TIL that IBM’s Watson was tested on 1,000 cancer diagnoses made by human experts. In 30% of the cases, Watson found a treatment option the human doctors missed. Some treatments were based on research papers that the doctors had not read. More than 160,000 cancer research papers are published a year.
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TIL Legalizing direct-to-consumer car sales would reduce the average price by over $3000
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TIL Rolls-Royce only use bull hides for upholstery since female cows are prone to stretch marks during pregnancy