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TIL prostate cancer is the cancer a non-smoking man is most likely to die from in the US.

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v07 TIL that when there should be a word for something but there isn’t is called a lexical gap.
Z8gmY TIL The climate anomaly between 535–536 caused a global drop in temperature, resulting in a long and devastating winter in Scandinavia. Some scientists believe that this winter became the influence to the "Fimbulwinter" that's the prelude the end of the world in Ragnarök.
ZpGyD TIL letting your dog sniff on walks is like giving them a mental workout, helping them relax and absorb information about their surroundings.
Oo88Y TIL that the eagle featured on U.S. currency was modeled on a real bald eagle named Peter who used to live on top of the U.S. Mint. After his death in 1836, Peter was stuffed and is still on display inside the very building upon which he once nested.
GYDV4 TIL of Dylan McWilliams, a 20 year old man who was bitten by a shark, attacked by a bear, and bitten by a rattlesnake - the odds of which are 893 quadrillion to one.