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TIL that taller individuals, due to having more cells in their bodies, are more prone to certain types of cancer.

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b9NB9 TIL in the 1930s NBC Radio added a 4th Chime to their 3 Chime jingle, alerting employees that historic news was happening, and all staff members needed to report. The 4th Chime was used after the Hindenburg explosion, and on D-Day
kEb7 TIL Folk-hero John Henry (who according to legend, beat a steam drill in a tunnel-digging contest, and who died soon after from exhaustion), may have actually been a real person.
epKAn TIL Spies Can Listen to Your Conversations by Watching a Light Bulb in the Room
QJWpe TIL at the founding of the first McDonalds, Ray Krok and a Coca-Cola executive named Waddy Pratt entered into a "Gentleman's Handshake" agreement that all McDonalds would offer Coca-Cola exclusively. Both companies continue to honor this agreement.
4lVR TIL: As we age, we perceive time faster because “adulthood is accompanied by fewer and fewer memorable events” (firsts), our biological clocks slows down along with a few other affecting factors