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TIL that Helicobacter pylori is the only bacterium known to cause cancer. It is responsible for an estimated 89% of all gastric cancers and is linked to the development of 5.5% of all cases cancers worldwide.

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wLrM6 TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
rB9W TIL that since 1912, many impractical ideas have been suggested to recover the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, including filling the wreck with ping-pong balls, injecting her with 180,000 tons of Vaseline, or using liquid nitrogen to turn her into a giant iceberg that would float back to the surface.
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