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TIL Florida Woman celebrated as the first person ever to be cured of advanced breast cancer with the use of immunotherapy.

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wope8 TIL the "red telephone" for the Moscow-Washington hotline was never a real red phone. Initially a Teletype link, it switched to fax in 1986, and since 2008, it's a secure computer link for email communication. The connection has always been Kremlin-Pentagon and not to the White House.
N6WN TIL keeping bedroom doors shut at night can save your life in the event of a fire. A shut door will keep out smoke and flames for 20 minutes longer than an open door.
oavL TIL that Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man’s cups broken.
b9nbE TIL the script for Pirates of the Caribbean was originally an adaptation of the video game series Monkey Island
oBkVo TIL that the Black Knight from Monty Python was based on a real person: Arrichion of Phigalia, a Greek wrestler who famously refused to give up during a particularly tough wrestling match. He died during the match, but still won because his opponent surrendered, not realizing he was dead.