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TIL Surfmen was the terminology used to describe members of the United States Lifesaving Service before it was merged into the US Coast Guard. It is also currently the highest qualification in the Coast Guard for small boat operations.

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OoJJY TIL that China produces 42% of the world's cigarettes. Nearly 60% of male Chinese doctors are smokers. In most of the country smoking is considered socially acceptable anywhere at any time, even if it is technically illegal.
PlgO TIL that an American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
nWmOr TIL that the first airplane ticket ever sold was bought by a reporter named Albert Beach in 1908 for a flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida. The ticket cost $400, which is equivalent to around $11,000 in today's currency.
rRpE1 TIL the corpse flower, one of the largest and rarest flowers in the world, blooms for 24-48 hours and smells like rotting flesh. It was first discovered in Sumatra in 1878.
9j9X TIL in 1851, we had measuring tools with a precision of one millionth of an inch.