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TIL After cigarettes were first linked to lung cancer, cigarette companies attempted to make them healthier by adding asbestos filters.

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mKKM TIL of Ning Li, who claimed to discovered antigravity, was hired by the DoD and paid 500k a year, but never heard of again publicly.
XL9D TIL comedian Steven Wright has only two comedy albums…1985 “I have a pony”…then 22 years later with “I still have a pony”.
8e8GV TIL that the Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer, due to thermal expansion meaning the iron heats up, the particles gain kinetic energy and take up more space.
5YJdD TIL that there are ancient windmills over 1000 years old still in operating condition in Iran. They served to protect the village from damaging winds and processing grains.
8elP TIL the famous “We can do it!” WWII propaganda poster only achieved popularity during the 1980’s. During the war, it was strictly internal to Westinghouse, displayed only during February 1943, and was not for recruitment but to exhort already-hired women to work harder.