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TIL African Americans are more likely than any other racial group to develop and die from cancer. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have the lowest overall cancer rates.

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YpNax TIL of the film Wake in Fright. Once thought to be lost, an original unedited print was rediscovered by its editor after a fervent search in a shipping container labelled 'for destruction' one week before it was scheduled to be destroyed. The film today is considered a classic of Australian cinema.
eQv4 TIL a Texas dad engaged in a 3-hour armed standoff with police while trying to prevent doctors from pulling the plug on his brain-dead son. The son eventually came out of his coma and recovered. Dad was charged for the incident, but the charges were later reduced.
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BGQL TIL Internet speed at NASA is 91 gigabits per second which is 13,000 times faster then average internet speed.
d8ejE TIL that Pythagoras had a phobia of beans. Ironically, it was his fear of beans that caused his death. When attackers chased him into a field of beans, he refused to enter and was killed instead.