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TIL that a recently published study out of Spain found that THC seems to target and kill some forms of human brain cancer.

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b980E TIL That Jesse Dimmick, a kidnapper, tried to sue his hostages for escaping, claiming that "they broke an oral contract" in exchange for offering them money to keep him hidden from the authorities
0d9aR TIL that the Gorrilaz hit, Clint Eastwood, has an iconic beat taken from a default preset on an Omnichord
VBOYm TIL between 1999 and 2014 the British Post Office, due to an accounting software glitch, criminally prosecuted 736 people who ran post office branches for theft and false accounting. With many left bankrupt or in prison, despite the Post Office becoming aware of a fault in the system in 2010.
BG9y TIL Male giraffes headbutt female giraffes in the bladder until she urinates. The male giraffe will then taste the urine to see if he can mate with her.
EgnVx TIL in 1944 a group of German prisoners escaped a POW camp near Phoenix, Arizona by crawling through a 178ft (54m) tunnel. They planned to raft down a river to freedom, but got caught when it turned out to be a dry riverbed.