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TIL 10.2% of Milwaukee eats fish fry on a friday night

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neyy7 TIL there's a cancer treatment costing less than $5 USD; it injects ethanol (type of alcohol in beverages) into the tumor with cure rate on par with surgical removal. Duke University scientists boosted the cure rate by creating an ethyl cellulose-ethanol gel, curing 100% of cheek tumors in hamsters.
QJ5np TIL the reason Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant is non-unionized is that their workers have voted on union membership twice, but rejected it both times.
wLvOM TIL that the Pegassi Tezeract from Grand Theft Auto Online was influenced by the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio, a futuristic electric vehicle developed by Lamborghini and MIT that costs $2.5 million.
JYjvQ TIL Alabama did not repeal its ban on interracial marriage until 2000. 40% of people voted against the repeal.
kXY5 TIL the difference between a sprocket and a gear: a gear meshes with other gears, while a sprocket meshes with a chain, belt or other kind of perforated material