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TIL Babe Ruth was one of the first cancer patients to receive radiation and chemotherapy treatment simultaneously

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KBME TIL Joseph Stalin Intended To Be A Priest, But Was Kicked Out Of Seminary For Missing Final Exams
mx0aP TIL that if the Royal Standard flag is raised above the Buckingham Palace, it means the Queen is home. However, if the Union Jack is raised instead, it means the Queen is somewhere else.
01ZR TIL Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes
Z4ED TIL Keith Richards would help set up the elaborate speaker systems on stage for the Rolling Stones concerts, so they would have a secret place to sniff pharmeceutical cocaine during their performance.
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