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TIL after WWII plants were bombarded with radiation to produce useful mutations known as Atomic Gardening which resulted in todays peppermint and red grapefruit

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rNWvM TIL that in the US, small business owners are incentivised to buy large, heavy cars rather than small, efficient ones.
ygKe TIL after conflict in 1838, the governor of Missouri made it legal to kill Mormons - the law was rescinded in 1976
1aWNX TIL that when you get a sunburn, it's not your skin cells being damaged by the sun's UV rays and dying, it's your skin cells' DNA being damaged by the sun's UV rays making the cells kill themselves to prevent turning into cancer
EgnyV TIL that in 1977 Bob Marley was diagnosed with melanoma under a toenail. He rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated, citing his religious beliefs. The cancer subsequently spread and he died of metastatic melanoma 4 years later, at the age of 36.
lwkG TIL that William McKinley was the first president to ride in an electric car - the ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot by an assassin.