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TIL that in in 1914 Henry Ford published an Anti-Smoking book that was targeted at young people, years before Smoking was widely considered unhealthy.

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l4g7 TIL Victor Salva, the director of “Powder” and the “Jeepers Creepers” series (which has a 3rd coming soon), spent 15 months of a 3-year sentence for molesting the 12-year-old star of his film “Clownhouse”.
1aAK4 TIL A Florida man used a cell phone jammer everyday while travelling to work because he didn't want drivers around him to be distracted on their phones. As a result, he was fined $48,000 by the FCC.
Wkdno TIL in 1978 a plane suddenly disappeared flying over Bass strait, the last communication of pilot was, ' huge strange aircraft is hovering of top of plane'. after a pause, 'It is not an aircraft'. Disappearance still remains mystery
X09a6 TIL The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo formed as a human rights group in 1976 to protest the disappearance of 30,000 Argentine political prisoners that opposed military dictatorship during the Dirty War. They were actual mothers of children the government abducted.
PY8Xw TIL of John Carpenter, the first person to win on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". He didn't use any Lifelines until the final question when he called his dad only to say that he didn't actually need any help, and just wanted to tell him that he was about to win a million dollars.