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TIL that in Chinese weddings during the 1980s and 1990s, the bride had to light a cigarette for every man attending the wedding banquet as a token of gratitude.

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YpKOZ TIL that North Koreans have had a long-held belief that Kim Il-sung had the ability to teleport until it was debunked by North Korean state-run media recently
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WkwmA TIL there was a Brazilian crime show host who was suspected of ordering murders to boost his ratings.
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Egd9x TIL Dr Benjamin Rush gained acclaim in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 by bravely visiting up to 100 patients a day, however due to his aggressive treatments including bloodletting it’s argued how much he helped, with some claiming his treatments killed more than they saved.