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TIL the Amish have lower cancer rate than the rest of the population

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7rQZZ TIL that DC comics has a supervillain named Captain Nazi, whose powers include super strength, speed, stamina, and the ability to fly by breathing a "special flying gas".
BlrK TIL in 19th century Germany there was a man who was both the local tax collector and caretaker of the dog pound. Since tax collecting was a dangerous job, he used the pound to make a new breed a dog that would protect him while collecting. His name, Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann.
wGp1 TIL that after WWII and before he began his acting career, Christopher Lee hunted down and captured Nazi war criminals.
D1dBp TIL since the popularity of the Brazilian bikini wax became mainstream, pubic lice have become an endangered species
xVMeb TIL that lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses got to the Madagascar by rafting there, according to scientists.