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TIL most tobacco products contain radioactive material in the final product.

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L7yQ TIL Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, after a late night of drinking, made a bet that if he called the Zappos hotline, the employee would be able to locate the nearest late-night pizza delivery. He did this to show how good his company’s customer service was, and he was right.
XEb6D TIL Samsung Uses Robots Shaped Like Butts To Bend-Test Its Phones
16r0O TIL Gaston is an original character created for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) he was inspired of screenwritter Linda Woolverton's ex-boyfriend.
v1Zmj TIL of the Japanese Economic Miracle whereby Japan's GDP went from $91 billion in 1965 to $1.065 trillion in 1980 & was the world's 2nd largest economy. This was achieved through "shūshin koyō" or the guarantee of employment in big corporations & highly unionized blue-collar jobs.
vPBZ4 TIL that the Guano Islands Act of 1856 allows any US citizen to claim any unclaimed island anywhere, as long as it contains deposits of guano (bird excrements used as fertilizer).