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TIL men are 35% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than a woman is to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Xv7P TIL octopi have 9 nine brains, one for each tentacle and a central one inside their head
jNEWn TIL the 'Indestructrible' Nicholas Alkemade survived an 18K ft fall from crashing bomber in 1944 completely unharmed. After WW2 while working at a chemical plant he survived: a 15 min exposure to chlorine gas, being sprayed with sulphuric acid, and having a 9ft steel pole fall on him.
x6yjB TIL that in the UK, the number of women (103,575) who applied to study law at the undergraduate level in 2022 was nearly double the number of men (51,865) who did.
YpLe7 TIL doctors, nurses and Catholic clergy were involved in stealing ~ 300,000 babies during the Franco era in Spain. Children were moved from parents deemed "undesirable" and placed them with "approved" families. Birth mothers were told their baby had died.
j6XrX TIL a Nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season