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TIL that Steve Jobs delayed Cancer treatment for 9 months, then it was too late. Despite his cancer type being more treatable, he choose "herbal" medicine.

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GkpE TIL Dr. Donald Unger only cracked the knuckles on his left hand every day for more than 60 years. Both hands remained unharmed, earning him the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, a parody of the actual award.
alRM TIL China has lost control of its first space station. It will be entering Earth’s atmosphere in 2017, and there is a chance that parts of the station could survive the burn, falling to Earth and causing damage or injuring people
XEnKP TIL that 14 of the 26 members of the Da Silva family in Brazil have 6 fingers on each hand due to a genetic condition called polydactyly
jNWNj TIL a doctor reviewed the injuries sustained by Marv and Harry in Home Alone 1 & 2, and concluded that 23 of the injuries would have resulted in death.
WkQvY TIL of a soviet engineer named Adolf Tolkachev who from 1979-1985, leaked soviet military secrets to the CIA which saved the United States hundreds of millions of dollars in military research. He was therefore dubbed "The Billion Dollar Spy."