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TIL the reason menthol cigarettes were not included in the flavored cigarette ban in 2009 in the US was that the Congressional Black Caucus fought to make them exempt.

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ADv1l TIL that the US once had a "postal savings system" in which post offices could essentially double as banks. Many countries have active postal savings systems. The US' was discontinued in 1966.
7WBp TIL that in 1996, Charlie Sheen paid $6,537.50 to buy 2,615 tickets to a Major League Baseball game at Anaheim Stadium, hoping to catch a home run ball. Sheen and three of his friends sat alone, 20 rows up, but no home runs were hit that day.
XEBAr TIL NASCAR is Rooted in Prohibition Bootlegging
1Xdd TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.
KOAYa TIL that NASA is developing a clockwork rover that uses no electricity to survive the harsh climate of Venus. It's powered by a wind turbine, springs, and gears, and transmits data via a Morse code shutter.