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TIL There is only one notable death of Insulinoma Cancer, Steve Jobs, who chose a holistic approach to his pancreatic cancer while delaying surgical intervention for almost a year, it cost him his life.

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Y7JrB TIL that in Ireland in 1985, people across the country claimed to have seen statues of the Virgin Mary and imagery of other holy figures spontaneously moving. The Catholic Church was skeptical and wrote it off as illusions.
Drjv TIL David Ortiz once finished 3rd in the Boston mayoral race solely through write in votes
oBKN7 TIL that Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia adopted 40 Armenian Orphans from a monastery in Jerusalem 1924 and trained them to play musical instruments becoming Ethiopia's first Official orchestra.
BgyWx TIL the first President of the U.S. to die in office, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), still hasn't yet been assigned a definitive, proven cause of death by medical science; only likely ones
wLWx8 TIL the name Shirley was considered to be a distinctly male name until the publication of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Shirley" in 1849. Since then it has been popularly considered to be a female name