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TIL Dogs can can sniff out cancer even better than some lab tests. There is a specific dog called Lucy that are able to detect cancer in urine sample correctly more than 95% of the time.

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grar4 TIL: Cyrus the great’s cylinder is the first recognized charter for human rights.
9QBB TIL there is a service that lets you watch movies in your home the day they are released in theaters. Cost? $35,000 for the box, plus $500 per movie and two fingerprints
WkNl8 TIL that every year on September 11, firefighters in the United States will climb 110 flights of stairs in full gear in buildings or at the gym to remember the 343 firefighters who lost their lives that day.
X0k TIL that the Money used in the Game Monopoly is worth more that some countries actual Currency!
NXLoM TIL Venus Fly Traps are exclusively found in the wild in the Carolina states, specifically around the Carolina Bays, and due to poaching for export/resale and inability to clear underbrush that eventually smothers the low-dwelling carnivorous plants, they are now endangered.