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TIL that pigeons can be trained to differentiate between benign and malignant breast cancers almost as well as the most practiced human consultants

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E14bX TIL about 'Auroville', founded in the 60's, is an experimental town located in India with no religion, money or government. It has a population of 2,500 to date.
Vx7Q TIL Livia Soprano was suppose to die when Tony tries to suffocate her in season 1. However, Nancy Marchand, who played Livia, was sick with cancer and said to the creator, “David, just keep me working.” He graciously obliged. She died before her final scenes so they CGI’d her head on a body double.
8mV TIL that there was a sequel to the wizard of oz that was about dorothy going into a mental hospital because nobody believed her adventure.
G4m1 TIL Monica Lewinsky couldn’t get a full-time job for 17 years after she left the Pentagon in 1997.
wLB5W TIL that in 1985, while taking a break from the Geneva Summit, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to ally with one another if aliens attacked