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TIL after an 11 year study, cell phones were shown not to increase chances of getting cancer.

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KO74 TIL Gary Oldman has never received an Academy Award nomination until this year. Even though being in films such as Sid and Nancy, The Contender, The Fifth Element, Harry Potter and Nolan’s Batman Trilogy.
KYwxE TIL that Iraq's GDP per capita in 1991 was 22.8 US dollars.
rRR0W TIL A man from India started planting trees when he was 16-years-old. He's now 52 and lives in his own forest with rhinos, tigers and elephants.
aKNZ TIL school teachers have been using red ink to correct assignments for at least 3900 years
5YZZk TIL about “The Miracle Ship” in World War 2. Weeks after surviving Pearl Harbor, a Japanese torpedo blew it’s bow off. Presumed dead by the US, the few survivors built a bow out of bamboo. Never designed to fight, it won 60 battle stars and was the 4th most decorated battle ship in US History.