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TIL that 18-year-old teenager helped scientists study her own rare type of cancer, and together they discovered a gene flaw possibly involved in the disease’s growth

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pQWe TIL that when monkeys are taught to recognize themselves in the mirror, the first thing they do after recognizing themselves in the mirror is to inspect their genitals.
YjM7 TIL President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought every American should own an acre of land so that they could be self-sustaining in case of catastrophe.
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