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TIL Dr. Burzynski a pioneering biochemist discovered a unique way of treating cancer patients with Antineoplastons thereafter enduring an ongoing ordeal against the FDA, The Texas Medical Board, The National Cancer Institute & other federal agencies.

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6E9o7 TIL of the Green children of Woolpit, a boy and a girl with green skin who appeared in the town of Woolpit, England in the 12th century. They spoke in an unknown language and only ate raw beans.
OoL91 TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.
P6re TIL that the infinity sign is also called the “lemniscate”
R5ax1 TIL Blue eyes do not contain blue pigments. The color comes from structural color, there are small particles suspended within the fibrovasular structure of the stroma that cause blue light to scatter. This is an example of the Tyndall effect.
nW5XP TIL we don't know how or why Writer's Cramp occurs