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TIL: Lack of exposure to infections is a likely cause of cancer in children.

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4kypR TIL that following 9/11, ClearChannel internally released a list of songs that were deemed inappropriate to play live, including ( among others ) Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly, or Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
P6YE TIL the tiny island of Nauru became the world’s richest country per capita in the 60s by mining its phosphate reserves. The country blew it on spending & bad investments (e.g.“Leonardo the musical”). It’s now the ~135th richest country, with 40% diabetes rate and a wrecked environment due to mining.
V8ZB TIL that the new South Park game was originally named “The Butthole of Time”. Due to retailers refusing to put the word “Butthole” on their shelves, Matt and Trey had to change the name. Their answer? “The Fractured But Whole”.
9wQBQ TIL that commander gene fluckey was one of the most skilled submarine commanders, managed to get one of the highest kill counts by tonnage, managed to be the only submarine crew to ever go onto enemy territory and destroy a train, and did so while not having a single injury with his crew.
mk6M TIL No president of the United States of America was an only child