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TIL as recently as 1990, single digit phone numbers existed in the UK

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LX9r TIL that Cannabidiol, a chemical extract from cannabis, is the first nontoxic substance found to fight aggressive metatastic breast cancer cells.
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78OvL TIL during WW2 the Japanese killed 200 Allied soldiers after capture by drowning them at seas in 3ft baskets used for swine in what is known as the ‘pig-basket atrocity’
xobw TIL -There is Dyslexia for math called Dyscalculia
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