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TIL that Canada was the third country to go to space
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TIL that some seven tons of steel were recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center to make the bow of the USS New York (LPD-21).
YJa7
TIL A 15 year old from Wisconsin is the first person ever to survive rabies without a shot after the doctor suggested an experiment to put her in a medically induced coma, shutting her brain down, allowing her body to fight the rabies without spreading.
9YdvB
TIL The BBFC, the UK's film censorship board, was once forced to watch a 10 hour film of paint drying on the wall before it could give it an age rating. The film was rated as a "U" (Universal) with "no material likely to offend or harm"
R0P9
TIL that it is difficult for whales to get cancer because the tumors have to grow so big to harm it and the tumors will get tumors killing the first one.
ZLwa
TIL that scientists diagnosed a 2250-year old Egyptian mummy with metastatic prostate cancer