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TIL that the US National Archives has banned the search term wikileaks.

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neJjr TIL that cancer feeds off sugar so much that sugar is used as a marker for PET scans to diagnose cancer, and that ironically, people are usually offered a sugary drink after said PET scan
jNJea TIL Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev traveled .02 seconds into the future
wxWM TIL they are called Brussels sprouts, not brussel sprouts
VNOp TIL that, despite most ALS sufferers dying within 2-5 years of their diagnosis, Professor Stephen Hawkings has lived with it for over 50 years, more than 10 times the average.
wJM1 TIL that The largest cave in the world is in Vietnam and it’s so big that it has its own river, jungle and climate.