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TIL almost 2/3 (61%) of WW2 American servicemen were draftees instead of volunteers

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8ePYG TIL that mice given injections of transporter viruses, loaded with telomerase genes, not only experience healthier aging with less disease, but also live 25% longer
VBQMD TIL that in 2004, then-Prince Charles endorsed a controversial cancer treatment that discourages the use of chemotherapy, in favor of patients instead taking 13 fruit juices daily, weekly injections of vitamins, and coffee enemas
1arOV TIL: There were 'Dance Marathons' in the 1930's during the Great Depression. Desperate couples would dance for days on end just to have a roof over their head and food to eat. Dance partners took turns sleeping while the other one held them up and continued dancing.
xV0n5 TIL: Mushrooms are the only vegetarian food that can make vitamin D. They contain a “pro-vitamin,” or precursor, called ergosterol that is converted into vitamin D when exposed to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation—similar to how your skin synthesizes the vitamin in response to sun exposure.
epV5b TIL two former captive beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, were flown 6000 miles, from China to Iceland.