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TIL BCG (a bacteria) can be used as treatment for bladder cancer, effective trading one malady for another.

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6RpJ TIL that the NY Mets still owe Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year until the year 2035. His last appearance in a game was 14 years ago.
MeApA TIL that the reason tigers are orange is because their prey see them as green. Deer, which are the main prey of tigers, are only capable of seeing blue and green light, which effectively renders them color-blind to red. Therefore, to deer, the tigers are seen as green.
nvxG TIL hemp was banned in the 1930’s (U.S.) due to it being competitive with, at the time, newly founded synthetics fibre and plastic industries.
nrLb TIL that Nintendo paid Mike Tyson just $50,000 to use his likeness for three years in “Punch Out,” because at the time he was not yet the WBC heavyweight champion.
wLjM TIL that there is a species of lizard that is 100% female. Nicknamed the “Lesbian Lizards”, they still participate in mating rituals in which they mount each other. This stimulates egg production without any gene transfer.