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TIL that a man had cancer, but the bizarre tumors didn't have human cells. It turns out he had tapeworms, and his tapeworm developed cancer that spread to him.

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DO6e TIL that funk band Vulfpeck released an album on Spotify titled “Sleepify” consisting entirely of silence. They encouraged listeners to stream the album while sleeping, and used the royalties (nearly $20,000) to fund an admission-free concert tour.
4Po6 TIL the flags of Monaco, Indonesia, Alsace, Vienna, Salzburg, Hesse, and the Swiss canton of Solothurn are essentially identical, differing only in proportion.
EmJW TIL one of the top 10 most secure places in the world is a unique multi-storey car park in Derby, England. The architect designed it in response to his car window being broken and his stereo stolen. Other entries in the top 10 include Fort Knox, Air Force One, and Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad bunker
W7GaL TIL the Iraivan Temple on Kauai is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity. It is modeled after temples from ancient India. Its construction began in 1990 and completed in 2023. Less than 1% of Hawaii’s population is Hindu and on Kauai.
WkvvL According to Texas A&M’s Urban Mobility Report 2019, the average auto commuter spends an extra 54 hours in his or her car every year on top of the time it should actually take to get to the office. If you live in a city like Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York, that figure doubles. In Los Angeles, for example, commuters spend 119 hours each year delayed in their cars—that’s almost three full weeks spent idling.