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TIL there are more skin cancer cases attributed to tanning beds than lung cancer cases attributed to smoking.

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w49M TIL The sun goes through cooling periods which result in Ice Ages both large and mini. In fact, a lot of Mini-Ice Ages coincided with tragic historical events.
ADGQw TIL that the longest tennis match in history was played at Wimbledon in 2010. It was 11 hours and 5 minutes long, played over 3 days. The final set lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes-longer than the previous record. After, both players and the umpire were given a crystal bowl and champagne flutes.
4kmZ6 TIL that Cloudflare (a security Internet company) use a wall of lavalamps called LavaRand to help create a totally random number to be used as seed in cryptographic algorithms
P1XLn TIL Leif Segerstam (1944-2024), the Finnish conductor, wrote 371 symphonies.
9aM6 TIL that Lord of the Rings actor Ian McKellen turned down an offer of 1.5 million dollar to officiate a wedding dressed as Gandalf, saying “I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings.”