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TIL that, in his championship-winning season of 2016, Formula One driver Nico Rosberg gave up cycling to reduce muscle mass in his legs, in an attempt to gain every possible advantage over teammate and championship rival Lewis Hamilton.

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P1dV TIL that an alligators immune system can fight HIV
oRPn7 TIL that in the Battle of Mokra, WW2, Polish cavalrymen armed with antitank rifles charged through a German panzer column and forced them to retreat, temporarily defending the village from the German invaders.
KOP84 TIL in 2005 cannabis was found to convert cancerous cells in the lungs to a pre cancer state.
6E8dZ TIL that the United States Government, in response to a failing dairy market, began to stockpile millions of pounds of cheese in 1977. This stockpile still exists and now contains over 1.3 Billion pounds of cheese across the US.
4kmj5 TIL Marilyn Monroe was instrumental in kickstarting Ella Fitzgerald's career. A 1950's nightclub owner was reluctant to hire an overweight black singer until Monroe intervened saying if he did, she would sit in the front row every night. Once Ella was hired, Marilyn sat in front row for weeks