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TIL The first type of cancer discovered was breast cancer, which was discovered in 1500 BC. The treatment back then was nearly the same as the treatment now, which was to just remove the tumor.

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rNlA4 TIL the phrase "Bucket List" entered common usage only after the 2007 film. It was coined by screenwriter Justin Zackham, whose list's first item was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film.
b9ZPa TIL that the Americans leveled an island in the Philippines to build a concrete battleship, Fort Drum. Captured by the Japanese during WW2, the Americans retook it by pouring gasoline inside and setting it aflame, killing every Japanese soldier inside
WkZRA TIL The Pyramids that were in America before it was colonized.
J176j TIL former GWAR Bassist Beefcake the Mighty (Michael Bishop) received a Ph.D. in Music from UVA in 2012. After GWAR’s original vocalist died, Dr. Bishop would go on to rejoin the band as their new singer Blöthar the Berserker.
GA1GJ TIL the clips of McBain featured in the Simpsons can be pieced together to make a full (mini) McBain movie.