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TIL Gandhi believed the Jews should have committed mass suicide instead of being killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust

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8aZDV TIL - In certain cancer cases acute secondary infection causes the immune system to destroy the cancer leaving the patient free of that cancer for life. At least one doctor named William Coley developed a therapy to recreate this scenario under controlled conditions.
vP6B8 TIL The Only Country In The World that spreads across all four hemispheres is Kiribati
p896Q TIL that “witch windows” are almost exclusively found in Vermont due to the superstition that witches can’t fly their brooms through slanted windows.
rRmYy TIL of Cardinal Sin. The Cardinal Jaime Sin from the Phillipines who was generally known as "The greatest sin of all: Cardinal Sin". He was also known to jokingly welcome guests of his home saying: "Welcome to the house of Sin".
b9OXZ TIL there is no antivenom for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if you can get a ventilator to breathe for you for 15 hours, you survive with no side effects.