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TIL that deer antlers are literally weaponized cancerous growths

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OQX4 TIL: Scientists considered bombing Japanese volcanoes in World War II to trigger eruptions.
XE8pQ TIL that after a world-famous career as a child star, Shirley Temple became a renowned diplomat for the administrations of President Gerald Ford and the President George H. W. Bush
xyDo TIL that in 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%
epme4 TIL a Wisconsin man has eaten over 30,000 Big Mac hamburgers over 46 years, averaging 2 per day. He has only missed eight days in those 46 years, including when his mother died as she requested he forgo the burger in her memory.
QbK9 TIL that a “double blind” study means that both the patient AND the researcher don’t know who the control group is and which option the placebo is.