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TIL that researchers have developed a new blood test that can predict if someone will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms appear

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XE4LR TIL of Steller's Sea Cow, a recently extinct giant manatee that weighed between 4,000-11,000 kg
b6rjZ TIL it seems that the Pythagorean theorem was already known before Pythagoras lived. In fact, it's used in a proof on a Babylonian clay tablet that's about 1,200 years older than Pythagoras.
Y74B TIL Bob Ross from “The Joy of Painting” was a US Air Force drill instructor. After he got out he vowed “never to scream again”
QleM TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it “wasn’t the lead” .
0d8nj TIL the last train robbery in the US was in 1970, at the San Antonio Zoo.