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TIL Researchers developed a blood test that can detect if a person has cancer from a single drop of blood with 96% certainty for most cancer types.

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ANGZx TIL German Donaldists are actively infiltrating the culture pages of several important newspapers in Germany, such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, where they subtly install quotations easily recognisable to fans of the comics.
neyNr TIL that the Kremlin has a division of trained hawks that defend the building from crows. At first, keepers tried to use pre-recorded shrieks, but crows got used to them, so falcons-later hawks, were used. They are easier and cheaper to train. There’s also an eagle-owl that hunts at night.
nbEd TIL Washing your hands with cold water is just as effective at removing harmful bacteria as washing them with hot water.
JBdm TIL Albert Einstein was approached so often by fans wanting explanations of his theories he would say, “Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.”
7rYbp TIL Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors