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TIL a company called Myriad Genetics holds a patent on some cancer genes. Because of this nobody else is allowed to do research with them.

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BmnD TIL that on the 2013 Blu-ray of “Matilda”, they included a clip of the infamous chocolate cake scene reenacted with all the original actors at a reunion party
DQYYD TIL, why my sunburns sting so bad. Some soothing gels for sunburns have lidocaine in it to help ease the pain of a burn. However, I am one if the rare few who is allergic to this. So don't be like me and learn the hardway that you can be allergic to lidocaine. Posting to hopefully save some pain.
vRrK TIL that Saint Isidore of Seville is considered to be the Patron Saint of the Internet.
LwWr TIL of the 4,500 troops in the British army who were retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad in 1842, the only one who made it back uncaptured was assistant surgeon William Brydon. When asked upon his arrival what happened to the army, he answered, “I am the army.”
eBGb TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’