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TIL There are Now 100+ Scientific Studies Showing Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells

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5VQNr TIL that Leave It To Beaver star Ken Osmond was required to remove his clothes, to prove that he was not the well-endowed porn star John Holmes.
d8kxd TIL China's Qing Dynasty attempted various reforms to try to save itself. Local assemblies had begun to meet in 1909 and the dynasty had worked out a timetable for creating a constitutional monarchy, with a constitution planned for 1912 and a parliament the following year
PY5VZ TIL about the False Dmitrys. Three different imposters who all pretended to be Dmitry the son of Ivan the Terrible. Each of them fooled the nation into crowning them Tsar but all were ultimately found out and executed.
6EnyJ TIL That Brazil has a Testicle Mascot called Mr Balls to raise awareness for testicular cancer
dDlxQ TIL cigarette smoking in the US went from <5% in 1900 compared to 42% in 1965