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TIL a new blood test can detect 50 different types of cancer

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go89 TIL Dolph Lundgren is the actor that has killed the most characters in action movies.
R7gW6 TIL that despite the common misconception, in most countries ship captains are not actually able to perform marriages, and the United States Navy had to make a rule specifically forbidding captains from doing so.
brRa TIL Marvel has comics that show possible endings for some of the characters stories (Hulk, Iron Man, etc)
GR67 TIL that “TASER” is an acronym for Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle
N7DPb TIL policeman Bob Geary used a dummy as his partner. A new police chief disallowed its usage, so Geary worked to put the usage of the dummy on the ballot. The referendum passed and Geary used the dummy until his retirement 7 years later, at which time the mayor declared the day "Officer Geary Day."