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TIL Mr. T had T-cell lymphoma. He said, “Can you imagine that? Cancer with my name on it—personalized cancer.” Fortunately he was able to beat it and is cancer free.

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kJl77 TIL South Koreans worked in the Kaesŏng Industrial Region, a special administrative region in North Korea, from 2004 to 2016
NXVy8 TIL swans in the United Kingdom belong to the crown, except in Orkney and Shetland: there they are the property of the people due to udal law, a Norse-derived legal system
7rQMp TIL when Philip II of Macedon sent the Spartans a message saying "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out," the Spartans simply responded with "If."
wXRo TIL there was an armed guard on site at Columbine on the day of that massacre.
gOyX TIL when L. Ron Hubbard showed off Scientology’s first “clear” member (the highest level of achievement with skills that included perfect memory), the woman couldn’t even recall what color tie Hubbard was wearing