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TIL that deer antlers are literally weaponized cancerous growths

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7rWrb TIL when chess player Bobby Fischer beat soviet grandmaster Taimanov, Taimanov was thrown off the USSR team, forbidden to travel, banned from writing articles, and deprived of his monthly stipend. It virtually ended his career.
9YA4D TIL that a Carl's Jr. in Santa Rosa, California, untouched by surrounding wildfires, caught fire when staff made 165 hamburgers for first responders.
78m6x TIL Earth’s North and South Magnetic Poles Flip in a Geomagnetic Reversal Every Few Hundred Thousand Years
gLXL TIL that after Paul Reubens’ (Pee-Wee Herman) arrest for indecent exposure, one of the celebrities that came to his defense was Bill Cosby.
1aOyD TIL, merchants in the US used to let Einstein take what he needed and his secretary would write them a check later. However, many merchants didn't cash them because the signature on the check was worth more than the amount.