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TIL that just 2% of Chinese women smoke tobacco, while more than half of Chinese men (50.8%) do.

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pYadG TIL that, after being struck on a foggy river in 1914, a passenger ship sunk in under 15 minutes, rendering useless the fact that there actually were enough lifeboats. Over a thousand perished.
Br5Jy TIL what happened to those tiny coffee spoons they used to have at McDonald’s in the 70’s. McDonald’s got rid of them because people were using them to sniff cocaine.
rjE4 TIL Down’s syndrome has been disappearing in Iceland since prenatal screening tests were introduced in the early 2000s. Almost 100% of women who had a positive test for Down syndrome decided to terminate their pregnancy
5Ljp TIL that Jesus vs. Santa, the short film that led to the creation of South Park, was included at the end of Tiger Woods ‘99 for the Playstation
eyj4 TIL in 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star built by stating that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets” and that it would not fund a weapon “with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship”.