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TIL cancer can be passed down through genes like colon cancer

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XELbE TIL Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" presents the shapes of the four elements. Earth would be a cube, air an octahedron, of water an icosahedron, and of fire a tetrahedron. The dodecahedron represents the shape of the universe
69o9J TIL that in Korea there is 'secret condom' campaign that disguises itself (as condiments, tea, instant coffee, hot chocolate, etc.) to encourage young people to buy and use condoms due to rising HIV-AIDS rates, and low percent of young people using protection during sex due to social stigma.
JKav TIL Jim Henson once made 179 ads for a Wilkins Coffee company that depicted ‘Muppet-prototypes’ where one puppet who didn’t drink Wilkins Coffee would get injured and beat up by another puppet, he later went on to become Kermit The Frog and signed a deal with Wilkins Tea
8ekRb TIL gummy worms were invented in 1981 by Trolli, the German candy company.
rRZwo TIL according to some European folklore, people born on Saturday were believed to be able to see vampires even if they were invisible and were best suited to become vampire hunters.