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TIL a woman can become pregnant with a cancer rather than an embryo.

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9wxrr TIL The chorus from a Grammy-nominated Busta Rhymes song from 1997 came from a PSA ad aimed at kids about not eating random drugs
jN1oX TIL 93% of all humans who have ever existed are dead
e0eNE TIL Mark Twain loved cats. Some reports say he owned as many as 32, he would write them into his stories, and would even rent them on vacation. He once wrote “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
Zp9Gp TIL that in 2018 a framed painting by Banksy was sold at auction for over a million pounds. As the gavel fell an alarm sounded and a shredder concealed in the picture frame turned on and began to shred the painting. The buyer went through with the purchase.
neGD9 TIL about the Theo Albrecht kidnapping and it was just incredibly unique! He not only manged to be freed, but chiseled his captors down in Ransom price then went on to win half what he lost in a lawsuit as business related losses!!!