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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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x6J55 TIL BBC does an online edition in pidgin English
l7K0B TIL that the character of Sam Malone in TV sitcom CHEERS, early in the casting process comedian Bill Cosby was considered. The role went to Ted Danson in the end.
v1ag8 TIL: China creates so much synthetic diamonds that are identical to real diamonds that prices of diamonds are being driven down and De Beers has created a university to study how to identify "natural" and "man made" diamonds because no experts can tell the difference.
WkK8 TIL the coldest known place in the Universe is on Earth. Scientists have created condensates predicted by Einstein, that are cooled 810 trillionths of a degree F above absolute zero.
vNVr TIL that Namco holds a patent which allows only them to make mini-games in loading screens.The patent will expire later this year.