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TIL that despite breast cancer and prostate cancer have similar rates of mortality, breast cancer research receives twice as much government funding and twice as many grants from the American Cancer Society

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D1Wdj Today I learned one particular toy army soldier was not depicting a berserk bayoneting but simply crossing a stream.
BgpYk TIL that research has shown that women exhibit a marked preference for dating taller men, and that shorter men must earn substantially more money than taller men to be considered as attractive by women
Oor7X TIL in 1987, 18 month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well in a backyard in Texas. CNN covered the rescue effort, which took 56 hours, and the story found worldwide attention. In 2011, McClure, aged 25, received a trust fund of donations from around the world. She has no memory of the event.
QelL TIL pigeons are not native to North America and that they live in urban areas because “city buildings and window ledges mimic the rocky cliffs originally inhabited by their ancient ancestors in Europe.”
0wbeM TIL Ben Enwonwu was one of the first African artists to win critical acclaim, having exhibited in Europe and the US. During her visit to Nigeria in 1956, Queen Elizabeth II commissioned and sat for a portrait sculpture by Enwonwu and a crater on Mercury is named in his honour