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TIL that 10+ sexual partners in a lifetime heights cancer risk in men by 70% and in women by 91%

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DdBj TIL that yellow teeth are stronger than white ones, since the natural colour of our teeth is light yellow or grey. Products which whiten our teeth can permanently weaken them.
4krbb TIL in 1845 a suspension bridge crowded with children collapsed under their weight killing 79. They had gathered to watch a clown in a barrel being pulled by geese down the river.
4kxmX TIL legendary talk show host Merv Griffin's tombstone reads: "I will not be right back after this message."
D1g5J TIL Sabrina Pasterski built a single engine airplane by the time she was 14 y/o, at 16 became the youngest person ever to fly their own plane; graduated MIT in 3 years with a 5.0 GPA and is now 24 at Harvard getting a PhD in high energy physics.
wo4e1 TIL while filming Lawrence of Arabia (1962) actor Peter O'Toole found the saddle on his camel to be quite uncomfortable so he attached a piece of foam rubber to it that he bought at a market. This earned him the nickname "Abu-'Isfanj" from the Bedouin people which means "Father of the Sponge"