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TIL that Scooby-Doo has starred in 14 separate animated TV series since 1969

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b67A0 TIL that one of the few positive health effects of smoking is a drastic reduction of a person's risk of thyroid cancer. According to a Korean study of the health records of over 10M people, smokers have a 36% lower risk of thyroid cancer. Smoking and heavy drinking reduces one's risk even more.
oB1gY TIL that Russia offered to sell Alaska to Liechtenstein, and only offered it to the USA after they declined.
EQjX TIL There is an auction to win a trip to space accompanied by Leonardo DiCaprio
BZwW TIL from 1901 to 1964, the majority of Stonehenge was restored in a series of makeovers which have left it, in the words of one archaeologist, as ‘a product of the 20th century heritage industry’.
nWGxP TIL that Chinese forces caused a flood as a defensive scorched earth tactic, during the Sino-Japanese War. It was tactically successful, but came at a great cost to civilians.