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TIL learned that the treadmill was designed as a torture device for prisoners.

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m1ZoP TIL that Anne Frank's family tried to immigrate to the United States. They filed for a visa in 1938 but the application was lost following a German bombardment in 1940. They tried again in 1941 but all American consulates were closed by the Nazis.
mxJNo TIL in the movie "Dumb and Dumber", Jim Carrey's chipped tooth is genuine, resulting from a fight with a classmate in his childhood, but he had since had it capped. He simply had the crown temporarily removed from that tooth to portray Lloyd
QJOlL TIL that steve jobs' biological father is Syrian and he was adopted as a kid.
OkE1 TIL rappers Puff Daddy and Heavy D hosted an AIDS benefit in NYC in 1991. Unfortunately, overselling the event led to a stampede in which nine people died.
dAeE TIL that a 17 year old girl has found a possible cure for cancer. She created a nanoparticle that can be delivered to tumours, which then kills cancerous stem cells.