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TIL Your immune system destroys at least one cell every day that would have become cancer if it lived

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Ddjv TIL A Marine Corporal saved two fellow Marines in Iraq by covering a live grenade with his helmet and body.
yQ14l TIL no human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in over 15 years
5Y7xk TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia
Wk9JN TIL that after beating an unarmed Charles Sumner on the Senate floor with a cane, Preston Brooks challenged Massachusetts Representative Anson Burlingame to a duel. Burlingame, who was a well-known marksman, immediately accepted and choose rifles as the weapon. Brooks neglected to show up.
X0PKQ TIL that foie gras was originally widely known as a Jewish food and is thought by some to have been brought to Europe by Judeans