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TIL that nuclear tablets are given to some cancer patients to fight/kill cancerous cells

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9wM8Q TIL the Hanunó'o language is written from bottom to top because it is traditionally etched into bamboo with a knife
rWJ0 TIL In 1994 Pearl Jam helped kick off a Justice Department antitrust probe into TicketMaster, so TickerMaster hired a law firm with partners posted in the DOJ anti-trust division. The investigation was dismissed soon after, and TicketMaster’s monopoly practices have continued unchecked ever since.
LPBQ TIL the infamous radio broadcast “War of the Worlds” actually did not cause mass hysteria throughout the U.S., and when surveyed, only 2% of people claimed they were listening to the radio play.
Z8V7Y TIL of Michael Orchard, a heroic man who broke into his neighbor's burning home to rescue their dog, and who later found out that the house fire was actually NOT real but was just a hallucination from the LSD he was consuming.
LQMrd TIL that a Third-Pounder burger failed because the average American did not understand that 1/3 was larger than 1/4.