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TIL Breast cancer is sometimes incidentally found during cardiac nuclear stress tests because of how the isotopes are absorbed in the chest

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8aXw4 TIL the longest home run hit ever made in Fenway park--502 feet-- was done by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946. The place where it landed in the stands, is marked by a red seat.
OEde TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”
7rPXb TIL Ikea has clear structure around the naming of their products. Beds and wardrobes - Norweigan place names, Chairs/Desks - men's names, Kitchen items - foreign works, spices, herbs, and fish, Curtains - mathematical terms.
ZvZD TIL that in Denmark, it is illegal to burn foreign flags but not the Danish flag.
57y8 TIL there is a small island which sole inhabitants are 50-400 indigenous people who keep attacking and killing visitors