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TIL A duel between three opponents is called a Truel

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oRA1W TIL virologist Beata Halassy cured her breast cancer by injecting viruses into the tumor
rAwo TIL that WiFi does not stand for Wireless Fidelity. It stands for… nothing. It’s a made up catchy name developed by a marketing company.
4OOX TIL Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was sentenced to suicide by Roman emperor Nero. Due to his old age and diet he failed to bleed to death after severing his veins. He then, to no avail, attempted to consume poison. Finally, he suffocated during a steam bath meant to quicken blood loss.
R5Za9 TIL "The human-engineered tunnel that drains Spirit Lake on Mount St. Helens is buckling because of geological activity. If ignored, it could burst, sending millions of gallons of water cascading into towns below."
jaeX TIL of the Guinea Worm. In 1986, it infected 3.5 million people . Now it is down to 2 cases in 2016. It stands to be the second globally eradicated infectious disease in history, after smallpox.