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TIL Japan and Poland were allies during World War II

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OodM1 TIL when France increased the price of cigarettes by 66% over an eight-year period, the smoking rate among French executives and professionals declined. However, the smoking rate among manual laborers remained about the same and among the unemployed, it increased.
Yxv7 TIL that carbon nanotubes were found in Damascus steel swords from the Seventeenth Century
PYW0V TIL the rate of alcohol consumption has drastically increased in the United States; between 2002 and 2013, overall drinking increased by 11 percent. The findings suggest "a public health crisis" - problems with alcohol increased by nearly 50 percent as well.
EWjp TIL it’s Bugs Bunny’s own fault that Elmer Fudd wants to shoot him with a gun. Elmer was a mild-mannered wildlife photographer shooting with a camera, until Bugs Bunny’s incessant pranks drove him suicidally insane.
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