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TIL Tobacco Smoke Enemas (blowing tobacco smoke up the rectum) was a popular way to revive drowning victims in the 1700s

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5YnyP TIL Five countries all in Asia are responsible for 60% of all the junk in our oceans
kJ6n1 TIL in 2020, 9 states and 2 U.S. territories had prohibitions on smoking in cars with children. The age threshold varied by jurisdiction ranging from under age 8 in Vermont to under age 18 in California. Penalties also varied by state and territory.
WX48 TIL the world’s first nuclear power plant, built by the USSR in 1951, wasn’t decommissioned until 2002
x64Xb TIL that Moana is called Vaiana in France due to a perfume brand with the same name. I also learned that she's called Oceania in Italy because of an adult actress called Moana
L0bv TIL that student loan debt is the largest form of consumer debt outside mortgages, and it now stands at 1.1 Trillion