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TIL that knocking on wood was a thing because people believed that spirits lived in trees and knocking would prevent them from bad luck. (scroll a bit for the right part.)

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xV77o TIL A lot of cigarettes are made with small holes in the filter, such to produce less (2-20 times) nicotine and tar when tested in laboratories for public health, using the prescribed ISO method, compared to the other available CI method or reality.
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pw4Q TIL cows “moo” in different accents based on their region.
neog7 TIL that Nazi Germany claimed an Antarctic Colony named New Swabia
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