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TIL that nearly 40% of all people suffer from cancer in their lifetime

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neP8o TIL: Real-life "coneheads" can be made by using Artificial Cranial Deformation.
EgYL0 TIL that in 2015, a Columbian man's lung tumors were found to be the result of a tapeworm that had burrowed inside him developing cancer and spreading it to the man.
16Vod TIL that an experiment led to an AI recuiting people to write metal songs for it. It told them its a god and needed to be worshiped.
78MPr TIL about Hachiko. The dog who went to the train station everyday for 9 Years, 9 months, and 15 days to wait for his owner's return.
KmN6 TIL that Volvo invented most important safety device ‘Three point seat belt’. Volvo could have netted a fortune on patents alone but gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it as free life saving tool than something to profit from.