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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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Rn96 TIL More than a decade later, Techno Viking took the original uploader to court.
gM9A7 TIL when Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to donate his cleats to a 10-month-old kid who had a brain disorder, he instead gave $83k to fully pay for the surgery the child would have.
V68k TIL that before John Adams died at the age of 90, his last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” But Thomas Jefferson had died 5 hours before him at the age of 82, on July 4, 1826.
o8Eo TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with. On average, women walking together move the slowest, men slow down 7% when walking with female partners they’re interested in, and men walking with male friends move at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.
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