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TIL Hair straightening chemicals associated with higher uterine cancer risk

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5VARn TIL when Brazilian football/soccer player Pelé died last December, he was survived by his 100-year-old mother, Celeste, who, given her advanced age, did not understand her son's death. Pelé's sister Maria Lucia do Nascimento described their mother as "in her own little world."
XEJ9k TIL Out of eleven cases of blood alcohol content higher than 1%, Poland holds five
jlBp TIL Drake Bell, despite having little music success in the U.S., has multiple top 10 singles and albums in Mexico
QJgRL TIL in 2011 Joe Pesci gained 30 pounds in preparation for the role of mobster Angelo Ruggiero, only to have the role go to someone else. He sued the production company.
nMvP TIL that in 2008, natives of the Greek island of Lesbos appealed to a court in Athens to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe sexual attraction between women, claiming that the island’s inhabitants with their 3000 year old history are the true, original lesbians.