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TIL that Saint Isidore of Seville is considered to be the Patron Saint of the Internet.

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b9MlQ TIL that clonally transmissible cancers exist. These cancers can be transmitted between individuals without the involvement of an infectious agent (unlike e.g. HPV-associated cervical cancer). They are very rare in humans but more common in dogs, Tasmanian devils and clams.
epWw6 TIL that in USA, Montana men are the tallest, they average 179.50 cm, and are on average, 4.3 cm, taller than Hawaii men who average 175.20 cm tall, and are the shortest.
e0j5D TIL of the “White Declaration of Independence” and the violent overthrow of democratically elected officials in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898
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