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TIL: A 15 year old found a cheap and speedy way to detect pancreatic cancer. He was denied 199 times before someone gave him a chance.

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EBv0 TIL of Jack the Goat who decided to befriend a newly blinded horse named Charlie. Jack guided Charlie around for 16 years and spared Charlie’s owners from having to put him(Charlie) down.
J11m8 TIL - The Airbus A380 has flown on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel made from cooking oil and waste fats. The flight lasted 3 hours and used only 1 engine.
4rmw TIL that a priest on the Titanic refused to board a life boat twice, and instead stayed behind to hear confessions and give absolution to the people left on the ship.
xGxo TIL In 1996, a socialist bicycle sharing experiment, the “Orange Bike Project” organized in Tucson, Arizona was terminated after only five months of operation due to the 80 bright orange bikes, available for anyone, had all been intentionally damaged or stolen within a few weeks.
4dON TIL despite the existence of the Pan-American Highway, it is not possible to drive between South America and Central America in a normal passenger car. Swamps, indigenous peoples, FARC rebels, and environmental considerations have left the 100-km “Darién Gap” undeveloped.