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TIL that it is difficult for whales to get cancer because the tumors have to grow so big to harm it and the tumors will get tumors killing the first one.

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XEKVP TIL of the crazy story of the colonial Australian Judge who refused to acknowledge the validity of any colonial law that contradicted British Law. Eventually he was removed from office and the British had to pass a law to specifically say that colonial laws were valid.
6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)
Z8oWG TIL The Great Wall of China is not actually just one long wall, it's a bunch of walls built by different dynasties scattered all over the country.
gMY8X TIL that the famous mystical poet Rumi spawned a religious order of spinning Dervishes that is led by the Çelebis, the direct male descendents of the 13th century poet! The order have been classified as an intangible human heritage by UNESCO
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.