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TIL that Survivorship Bias creates a false public perception that anyone can achieve great things if they have the ability and make the effort

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8e0nV TIL about proton beam therapy, a type of radiotherapy that uses a beam of high energy protons, to treat highly specific types of cancer.
Y7Dnx TIL that not all male mammals have external testicles. Those mammals with internal testicles don't just include sea mammals, but others such as elephants.
VMg7B TIL why the Apollo 11 moon landing footage is so grainy. There was a pristine version at NASA for years, but around 1980 due to a data tape shortage they reused the tape for something else.
lQdA TIL Hitler had plans to build a “People’s Hall”, a 700 foot dome which would have been the largest enclosed structure on earth, complete with its own weather system inside of the building because of the sheer size.
9YVkG TIL that the 2015 Waco biker shootout, which left 9 dead and led to the arrest of 177 bikers on RICO and murder charges each with $1 million bail, resulted in zero convictions after only one trial and all other charges were dropped.