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TIL that unlike Susan G Komen when you donate to Huntsman Cancer Institute 100% of the donation goes to cancer research.

Read more donate.huntsmancancer.org

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9Ebr TIL the “Door to Hell” in Turkmenistan is a natural gas field that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Wanting to prevent spread of methane gas, Geologists set it on fire expecting it to burn out in a few weeks- It has instead continued to burn for >4 decades
BrRrb TIL the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit was the world’s most dangerous toy,which included three sources of radiation and four uranium ores that are also radioactive. The kit, which first went on sale in 1950, came with an instruction booklet and pamphlet on how to prospect uranium.
l78EV TIL about Archie Karas, a Greek gambler who turned $50 into $40 million in 3 years playing poker in Las Vegas before losing it all
Z8oZQ TIL some trees have a sex.
EgEy0 TIL that Saint Nicholas (the saint who helped shape Christmas into what it is today) is featured in a tale in which he raises the dead after encountering an evil innkeeper who chopped up three small boys and pickled them in a large barrel