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TIL that large animals like whales rarely die of cancer as more aggressive tumors grow on the original tumor and destroy it.

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JYpG4 TIL if you're a healthy man without GI concerns, you should put your money toward fiber-rich whole food rather than supplements.
loEdV TIL about Haing S. Ngor - a Cambodian doctor who was sent to a Khmer Rouge concentration camp in 1975, was tortured for 4 years, escaped in 1979, won an Oscar in 1985, wrote an acclaimed memoir in 1988, started a charity in 1990, and was murdered by an LA gang in 1996.
rNey1 TIL 104 elevators operate in the Willis Tower, which require 80 miles of elevator cable. This includes 16 double-decker elevators. Some of the elevators are among the fastest in the world, capable of speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute (18 mph).
Ap0g TIL Quentin Tarantino Wanted Kurt Cobain as Pulp Fiction’s Lance the Jesus-esque drug dealer.
OorXe TIL: Over the past 50 years, there has been a decline of 3 billion birds across North America