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TIL Cancer patients who opt for alternative therapy die at twice the rate of those who stick with conventional cancer therapy.

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jNMZR TIL when Czechoslovakia split, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also split the national anthem - each country got one verse
AN6mn TIL George Washington is the only U.S. president elected as an independent to date. Washington opposed the development of political parties.
DQQpY TIL A woman in Australia discovered she had an unlimited bank overdraft and went on an 11-month $4.6 million spending spree buying designer handbags, clothes, jewellery, phones and a vacuum cleaner. The bank discovered the withdrawals and the woman arrested, but all charges were later dropped
wor87 TIL that Iris Cummings, an American swimmer and pilot born December 21st 1920, is the last surviving athlete who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She earned her pilot's license in 1940. She was a flight instructor for almost 30 years and is now retired.
v1GDB TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except Thailand. This is because homosexuality is forbidden while being trans is officially recognized by the government and seen as a good solution to same sex attraction.