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TIL that a orchidectomy to check for cancer is completely unnecessary because the risk of a needle biopsy spreading cancer is completely theoretical and has never happened in the real word.

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grrDb Today I learned that Chipotle peppers are just smoked ripe Jalapenos
VBkQZ TIL Mordecai Myers was the only member of his family of 15 to survive after their home was swept into the ocean during an 1822 hurricane. He buried each of them himself (including his parents)
XEN0r TIL that RuPaul and Cory Booker are cousins
L1Em TIL there was a German serial killer who lived in a cave and killed 964 people
XEwoQ TIL that the colors of the barber pole are red, white, and blue to represent the medieval role of barbers. The red represents the blood from bloodletting, the blue represents the vein that was cut, and the white represents the bandage. It spins to represents the blood flowing down.