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TIL that the use of Mustard Gas during WWI directly lead to the discovery of the first chemotherapy treatments for cancer.

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KxE4 TIL Since most English pirates were from London, most pirates probably didn’t ‘talk like pirates’.
9YXAr TIL that in 2012, an Indian nurse looking after the Duchess of Cambridge was prank called by an Australian radio station pretending to be the Queen. This led to her revealing confidential information which was then broadcast on the radio. 3 days later, she committed suicide by hanging.
Yp4Pr TIL There's a theory that William Shakespeare didn't write his own plays. He wasn't well educated and someone like him shouldnt have been able to write like he did.
166mr TIL The only children to survive the Titanic without a parent were two brothers aged 2 and 4. Their father kidnapped them from his ex-wife and boarded the ship with a fake name. The father didn’t survive and for weeks the boys were known as the Titanic Orphans until their mother was found.
epdd6 TIL there is a species of oceanic dolphin known as the false killer whale. Their name comes from them having a skull similar to that of a killer whale (orca). Although they are part of the same family, they are not closely related.