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TIL that breast cancer is one of the most survivable cancers over a five year period

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D1RvY TIL that Australia has its own version of Yeti/Bigfoot called Yowie. This mythical creature appears in many other name in Aboriginal folklore with earliest report of sighting in 1795.
OxZ6 TIL that Steve Jobs last words were “Oh wow.” repeated 3 times.
QJRak TIL that the now extinct Rocky Mountain locust last swarmed and destroyed crops in the US A in the 1870s
APKa TIL a castaway drifted for 13 months across the Pacific Ocean, claiming that he had been living off fish and turtles he had caught and relying on rainwater, and sometimes his own urine, to drink. His boat was found covered in barnacles and with the carcasses of several turtles littering the deck.
6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.