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TIL lung cancer in young people (50 or younger) is actually more common in non-smokers than in smokers, and is instead linked mainly to genetics.

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9j7m TIL that 90% of Australia is not actually a desert. The actual number is 35%
mxlAM TIL of a French man who despite having most of his brain eroded, lives a relatively normal, healthy life as a civil servant married with two children
r1dw TIL Metal Artist Dee Snider caught Congress Offguard with an articulate defense of his music & upset Al Gore with his comments about his wife.
XExkQ TIL using red for Republicans and blue for Democrats in the US has only been consistent since the 2000 election. Before that it was often the other way (as liberal parties have historically been red) or even other colors used.
d8QaB TIL: Historically, in Britain, committing adultery with the Queen-Consort (the King's wife) was legally considered "high treason" , as was adultery with the wife of the heir to the throne, and fornication with the monarch's eldest unmarried daughter.