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TIL that approximately 20,000 cancer cases per year could be prevented by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption by one serving each per day.

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vgJr TIL that John Travolta turned down the role of Forrest Gump and lost the roles of Benjamin Button, Maverick in Top Gun, and John Rambo
b61v4 TIL that Walt Disney, in 1947, gave permission to the University of Oregon to use Donald Duck's likeness as their mascot.
NnJQ TIL that according to English law, the “Ancient Lights law” states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more can forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him/her of that illumination or “their portion of natural light”
OoDQg TIL Twice as many soldiers died from disease than battle injuries during the American Civil War. Dysentery and chronic diarrhea were so prevalent that there was an honor code among soldiers – you couldn’t shoot a man while he was pooping.
xK0b TIL Before the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther confessed for hours at a time. Annoyed, the priest told him “If you’re going to confess so much, why don’t you go do something worth confessing? Kill your mother or father! Commit adultery! Quit coming in here with such flummery and fake sins.“