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TIL cancer can be passed down through genes like colon cancer

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DQx5J TIL The last person executed for witchcraft was a man in Somalia in 2020
rRE9e TIL that when Bill Cosby won 3 Razzies in 1987, he insisted that he wanted a real trophy. His original Razzie was worth $1.97, but the Fox Network made him real ones out of 24 carat gold and Italian marble, costing $30,000. He was the first actor to claim any Razzie.
e00xD TIL That there were games on demand like PS Online and the Xbox Live Arcade all the way back in 1981 with the PlayCable for the IntelliVision.
wvD7 TIL that a nudity war began on Brazilian TV in 1990. A network won top ratings with a prime-time soap opera with full frontal nudity; another fought back with uncut nudity in films. A third television network instead aired high-quality literary adaptations, and had the worst ratings in its history.
gop8 TIL The Walton family has given away about 2% of its net worth to charity – Bill Gates is giving away 48% of his net worth and Warren Buffet 78% of his net worth.