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TIL Steve Job’s Cancer was very treatable, But he wanted to fight it naturally and it killed him…

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YpBVx TIL Franklin Sprague, an amateur tinkerer, in 1888 managed to build the very first electrified rail system that spanned 12 miles - a feat that was accomplished in just 90 days and paved the way for a viable mass transit system
yd6a TIL the Vikings believed that a giant goat named Heiðrún, whose udders provided an endless supply of beer, awaited them in Valhalla upon their death
9wANp TIL that a popular asthma inhaler in the 1970s and 1980s was removed from sale in New Zealand in 1989 because its introduction and widespread use was associated with an epidemic of asthma deaths. The mortality rate declined following the withdrawal
nW0jo TIL that America's poorest state (Mississippi) has a higher GDP per capita than UK, France, and Italy
xVJJ1 TIL about Matthew Buchinger who was born with no hands or feet and stood 29 inches tall. He became a remarkable artist, magician, calligrapher and was a marksman with a pistol. He was also married 4 times, and had 14 children by 8 different women.