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TIL that deer antlers are pretty much bone cancer. '"Deer antlers [are] using essentially a controlled form of bone cancer growth," says Edward Davis[...]. The involvement of the tumor-promoting genes isn't surprising, he says; what is surprising is the involvement of the cancer-controlling genes.'

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BgyNd TIL about the 1927 Dole Air Race where, out of 15 entrants, two were disqualified, two withdrew, and three aircraft crashed before the race, and only two finished the race
rdAM TIL McDonalds offers a wedding package in Hong Kong. The wedding cake is a stack of Apple Pies.
v1vor TIL The city of Bruges enjoyed almost 400 years of prosperity due to a single storm in 1134 that opened up a natural channel that allowed sea trade. It lost its prestige when the channel got blocked again in the 1500s.
OG7r6 TIL the tallest mountains on Titan, a moon of Saturn, are all named after places in The Lord of the Rings, with the tallest being Doom Mons, or Mount Doom.
9wAnm TIL that, inspired by the Maginot Line in France, the British built a defensive network in Hong Kong. Called the Gin Drinkers Line or Oriental Maginot Line, it was designed to hold off a Japanese invasion for six months. Hit by understaffing and a malaria outbreak, it only lasted two days.