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TIL Thanks to immunotherapy long-term disease control in metastatic melanoma is now possible, with nearly half of patients surviving for years after treatment, even those with brain metastases. What was once a death sentence, can now be cured.

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Me65b TIL that the last Salem Witch Trial actually took place as late as 1878 - it was a civil court case in which Lucretia Brown accused Daniel Spofford of using mesmeric mental powers to harm her. Both followed the Christian Science religion, which includes a belief in mesmerism. The case was dismissed.
w1MY TIL In Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba, it’s illegal for non-vaccinated children to attend public school services.
0pLA TIL there is a biker group called Patriot Guard Riders who attend funerals for fallen soldiers, protecting the families against anti-gay protesters
X0k8r TIL that on November 25, 1864, Confederate agents set fire to many New York buildings
M7gKA TIL after US President Wilson had a stroke in 1919, his wife Edith Wilson limited his access to just his doctor and few close associates, and acted as the president's proxy and effectively ran the White House, and by extension the country, by extolling access to the president.