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TIL a 15 year old high school student discovered a new method of diagnosing cancer through Open Access resources. This method is 168 times faster, 26000 times cheaper, and 400 times more sensitive, with a success rate of 90%

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6EEdw TIL the iconic 1930s Hollywood Restaurant, The Brown Derby, served a salad after midnight using their leftover ingredients. When it became the most popular item on the menu they named it after the owner, Robert Cobb.
xewB TIL that mining corporate-hired “agents drove a heavily armored train through a tent colony at night, opening fire on women, men and children with a machine gun”(1912) to prevent unionization in the buildup to the 2nd largest insurrection in the US since the Civil War.
GpeJ TIL in the near future a Respirocyte, an artificial red blood cell, will allow humans to sprint for 15 minutes without a breath or hold their breath for 4 hours underwater
4XA05 TIL Freddie Mercury once said that Bohemian Rhapsody was three songs he wanted to make that he put together.
oBrQY TIL A cow is not a cow until it has had at least one calf. Until then it is called a heifer.