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TIL despite being banned or severely regulated in many Western countries, Candy Cigarettes are legal and unregulated in 49 of 50 US States - Tennessee being the sole exception.

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jYWn TIL that there is a psychological phenomenon called the Backfire Effect. Essentially, the more you try to convince someone they are wrong using facts and figures, the more convinced they become that their preexisting beliefs are correct.
M7GDa TIL Annette Obrestad claims to have won a $4 180 person poker multi table tournament playing blind (only looking at her cards once) She went on to become the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker bracelet and held the record for the largest payout to a female player
Eg9AV TIL Geosmin compound causes the earthy petrichor smell of rain after a dry spell, also causes muddy freshwater fish taste...diminished by acidic cooking
b6JJp TIL There are filial laws in the USA (state by state) that require adult children to support sick or indigent parents
5QVn TIL Continuum, a magazine devoted to the idea that AIDS is a conspiracy, went out of print in 2001 after all the editors died of AIDS.