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TIL The hair of some cancer patients treated with chemotherapy can grow back in a different colour, and sometimes even be curly or straight.

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XEdP8 TIL that mucus gets its green color from an enzyme white blood cells use to make a corrosive chemical called hypochlorite to dissolve bacteria. Hypochlorite is the same chemical used in household bleach.
6ANZ TIL Susan G. Komen Foundation sues and forces smaller charities to shut down over the word ‘Cure" and the colour pink.
gbGA TIL “Made in Germany” was introduced by Britain to protect its people from “bad” import goods into the empire. But it backfired as most people noticed “Made in Germany” as a mark of quality instead.
p8LxG TIL that, 49 million years ago, moss rapidly transformed the earth from 'greenhouse earth' to 'icehouse earth' that we live in today - changing c02 from 3,000 ppm to 500 ppm.
DQA4r TIL: Mickey Mouse will be in the public domain in 2024.