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TIL Naked mole rats are immune to cancer

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9wEXB TIL of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which 21 Chinese workers smuggled in by a gang died in Morecambe, north-west England after being cut-off and drowned by the incoming tide while harvesting cockles
7rbwL TIL upon sending his son, who worried about his ability to hold his own amid experienced and eminent statesmen and diplomats, to the negotiation that would lead to the Peace of Westphalia, a Swedish statesman famously told him:"Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"
8Bm4 TIL the cover of the Neil Young album “Silver and Gold” was taken with a Game Boy Camera.
9wAW6 TIL that while the use of Lemons as a cure for Scurvy was published in 1753 the British Admiralty refused to use it until 1793, while the Merchant Navy ignored the discovery all the way up to 1867.
rNXNM TIL that Abbott and Costello were among the highest-paid entertainers in the world during World War II. During a national tour in 1942, they sold $85 million in war bonds in 35 days. ($1.64 billion, adjusted for inflation)