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TIL NAZI Germany had a anti-tobacco movement, their research was silenced after the war.

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P1V8w TIL that the Saudi dinasty, which unified Arabia and named the country after them, had to fight two other major dinasties over the control of Arabia, the Rashidis and the Hashemites, the Rashidis do not exist anymore but the Hashemites are kings of modern day Jordan
6Ey8Y TIL that near 16th century Edinburgh, there was a clan of cannibals who may have eaten more than 1000 people. They were led by a man named Sawney Bean.
47Y5 TIL Camden, Maine will give 2.8 acres to anyone who can bring a business to town that will employ at least 24 people after five years.
wLN5o TIL Joseph Conrad, who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language, was born in Poland and did not speak English fluently until his twenties.
l70Lr TIL that bloodletting is still practiced in modern medicine to treat few diseases, including hemochromatosis (increased iron accumulation in the body).