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TIL pigeons can be trained to diagnose cancer from biopsy images with the same accuracy as medical pathologists

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Oo6XR TIL that, in 1993, upon learning that they were to play a show at a venue owned by the Church of Scientology, the band Tool was opposed to performing. They played, but Maynard, the lead singer, spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience.
WkGJd TIL there is a subculture of people living the life of different decades where they weren't even born.
gMAZA TIL according to Matt Groening, FOX was never supportive of Futurama, as they moved the show around from time slot to time slot unpredictably for four years, which resulted in poor ratings and its cancellation in 2003. This move left many Futurama fans and production crew shocked and angry.
N7o6b TIL although there are 2 billion English speaking people in the world, more of them speak it as their second language than are native speakers
yy18 TIL that Nazi eugenics programs had their start in the United States, with research funded by wealthy industrial leaders. A 1912 Carnegie Institute report even recommended the use of gas chambers as a solution to the problem of cleansing society of the poor, non-white, and mentally ill.