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TIL that a DNA test where you poop in a bucket has been shown to accurately find colorectal cancer 92% of the time. This was developed as a potential alternative to screening colonoscopies.

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L5mv TIL that after he won the lifetime achievement award from AFI, Dustin Hoffman went home and had a panic attack because he felt that everything was over.
VMrG4 TIL in Kyrgyzstan they play sport called Kok-Boru. It's like Polo but as a ball they use dead goat(used to use dead wolf)
9ZmQ TIL that Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, was the first to be born a US citizen. All presidents prior were born British subjects.
5VeyD TIL Andrew Jackson the 7th President of the Unites States used to hate Banks and Paper Notes
ZpJXD TIL a Japanese cafe has robots that serve customers while being controlled by paralysed people, who get paid 1,000 yen (about $7.66) per hour for their work.