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TIL People born with red hair has a much higher chance of developing skin cancer from UV exposure.

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9wb77 TIL that my cake day coincides with the introduction of the Oreo, released by Nabisco on March 6, 1912.
DQ1Zg TIL the US AirForce almost lost several nuclear bombs near a village in Spain in 1966.
yGDV TIL the American Association for cancer research conducted a study using capsaicin, the antioxidant that makes peppers spicy. It was determined that cancer tumors were decreased to one-fifth their size, on average.
dyZZ TIL When Eleanor Roosevelt married her cousin (and future President) Franklin D. Roosevelt, she didn’t have to change her last name. And she was given away by her Uncle, (President) Theodore Roosevelt.
b6QVa TIL An artist aimed to create an exhibit where the public could feed goldfish the freeze-dried body of a death row inmate after his execution. The inmate consented and it sought to critique capital punishment. The exhibit was only cancelled when the inmate's sentence was commuted to life in prison.