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TIL that the Chief Medical and Science Officer of the American Cancer Society is named Dr. William Cance

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xDPk TIL that if you played the actual, framed golden record awarded to artists, it will probably play a completely different album than the one the award is for.
GxK4 TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.
9gyX TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity
PYQLZ Today I learned that (contrary to modern portrayals) gladiators were not lean but rather chubby, allowing them to sustain more damage in the arena and continue fighting.
gMGAy TIL the video game Plants vs. Zombies originally had a zombie that resembled Michael Jackson in the "Thriller" music video. After Jackson's death just two months after the game was released, the design was changed to a disco dancer after his estate complained.