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TIL that, in China, there are hundreds of primary schools that are sponsored by tobacco firms, and they have such slogans as “Talent comes from hard work – Tobacco helps you become talented.”

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x64n7 TIL a Dry Sheep Equivalent (DSE) is a unit based on the amount of feed required for a standard sheep to maintain its weight
b9Rjj TIL, a loofah is the fruit of two edible gourd species. It is very fibrous when ripe but perfectly edible when young. The edible version is called a luffa.
xVk60 TIL that a First Lady of the United States was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland, served as First Lady for two years until the marriage of her brother, President Grover Cleveland.
8a8JV TIL: Fashion houses would send handbags from their rivals to Snooki in a bid to damage their reputations.
MeXBV TIL that there is only one Jewish person in Afghanistan, and he lives alone in a dilapidated synagogue.