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TIL elephants rarely get cancer, thanks to an extra cancer-fighting gene called P53. This gene recognizes dangerous cells and killing them before they become cancerous.

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ne0B7 TIL Mali discovered America ~180 years before Columbus.
o7Q7 TIL Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials “HM”, for Hannah Montana. He got the tattoo after making a pact with Miley Cyrus to appear on her show if he had the initials tattooed on his body. He was never invited on the show and has since said that he regrets getting the tattoo.
WkvK9 TIL about the Book Wheel. A 16th century invention that could hold various books at any given time for readers to rotate through and choose from. The seated reader could use hand or foot controls to move to the desired book.
BWKL TIL that from the top 100 history flying aces, 100 are germans.
W11o TIL In 2007, a Bosnian couple, unhappy with their marriages, began cheating on each other online. When they finally decided to meet their online lovers, they discovered they had been cheating on each other, with each other.