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TIL High intensity aerobic exercise could cut the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%, according to a study of runners.

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XEaM8 TIL that the names Keanu and Ailani only include letters from the Hawaiian alphabet, which includes just 5 vowels and seven consonants. Unisex names are also banned in countries such as Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Portugal ect.
N7ZbE TIL that the scene in IT: Chapter Two and in the novel where a group of teens assault a homosexual man and his partner before tossing one of them over a bridge to his death was actually based on a true story. Stephen King borrowed details from the real life event, and added Pennywise to it.
a0eL TIL in 1178, several monks reported seeing fire and sparks shooting off of the Moon. Today, scientists believe the monks witnessed the impact event that made Giordano Bruno crater.
XwA8 TIL that NASA erased the original transmitted footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk because of a magnetic tape shortage in the following years
e0XG6 TIL a review found 80% of Chinese clinical drug trials fraudulent. They found examples of fabricated and altered data with adverse effects withheld. In one example, the validity of data was questioned when they discovered a researcher responsible for recording it wasn't employed at the time.