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TIL that in a 1000 person test IBM’s Watson found treatment options in 30% of cancer patients that doctors had missed. Part of Watson’s insight comes from his ability to read all research papers that are published each year, a feat no single person could possibly do.

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oReMo TIL: Aimo Koivunen was the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on meth during combat. During WW2, feeling tied he took his squad's entire supply of Army issued Pervitin (meth). He then entered a state of delirium, hit a land mine, and subsisted on pine buds and one bird for a week.
646W TIL Bryan Cranston voiced two of the monsters on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Snizard and Twinman.
YxbW TIL in 2013 a flight from LA to NYC was diverted to Kansas City because a passenger refused to stop singing “I Will Always Love You”. She was forcibly removed from the plane.
N7O4e TIL Christopher Reeve considered suicide after his accident. But all it took was one sentence from his wife for him to never think about suicide again: "...But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you."
5YReR TIL The CIA released details of what Osama Bin Laden had in his compound. He owned the Chicken Little movie.