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TIL Nazi Germany ran a non-smoking ad; “He does not devour it, it devours him” (1941).

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grjW4 TIL Robert Kehoe discovered reports that the chemical benzidine caused bladder cancer. His client, DuPont, made benzidine. Instead of alerting the American public, Kehoe stuffed the report in a box. The moldy records were unearthed decades later when DuPont’s employees, stricken with cancer, sued.
Dp9p TIL Pimps wear expensive jewelry so that if they get arrested their girls can pawn it for bail.
aA6y TIL sleeping on the job is acceptable in japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
rRak4 TIL from the 1920's to the 1950's cigarette companies routinely paid doctors to endorse and prescribe their brand of cigarettes to patients, falsely claiming them as a "healthy" alternative to other brands. This was done to cover up increasing evidence of the harm done by smoking.
699GW TIL beetles constitute almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms