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

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YpYyB TIL Habushu - a liqueur made in Okinawa which involves submerging a living pit viper in a jar and sealing it; some variations involve putting the viper on ice to knock it out, gutting it & sewing it back up, and placing it in the alcohol only for it to wake up and get super aggressive before dying
jNLGv TIL that the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre were defended by future U.S. President John Adams. At the risk of his own reputation, and even though he disliked the British, he took the case, as he believed in the right to a fair defense and trial.
neKVY TIL a 260-ton "upsetter" mechanical forging machine was sent to the USSR in 1942 as part of war aid. It turned out tank driveshafts and large artillery shells. In 2016 it was purchased, dismantled, and shipped back to Ohio for re-manufacturing.
7r1b7 TIL that in 1965, 21 yr old Al Kooper bluffed his way into the studio where Bob Dylan was recording Highway 61 Revisited. Although he didn't know how to play the Hammond organ or even turn it on, his improvised intro & off the beat riffs became the signature groove & sound of "Like A Rolling Stone".
xV641 TIL Chinese billionaire Li Hejun lost over 14 Billion USD in 30 minutes.