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TIL Smoking in U.S. hospitals was banned in 1992

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OxZ6 TIL that Steve Jobs last words were “Oh wow.” repeated 3 times.
waVE TIL in 1962, a man named Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval Officer, cast a single vote that prevented a nuclear attack on the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is credited for preventing a thermonuclear World War 3.
8ep64 TIL that L. Ron Hubbard is the most prolific writer of all time, publishing 1,084 works between 1934 and 2006
xVMMo TIL that 20% of all wars over the last 200 years account for over 98% of fatalities
vgrK TIL researchers from the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University found that mice actually prefer sweets over cheeses