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TIL That E-cigarettes were first invented in the 1960s, but were never sold in order to protect the traditional cigarette market

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xojb TIL Robert E. Lee defended the torture of slaves as something “they must endure,” because “pain was necessary for their instruction.” Lee regularly had mothers sold or rented away from their children, sometimes as punishment. Lee’s slaves said he was the “meanest man we ever saw.”
epBDk TIL that when floating ice melts, the water level actually stays the same. Apparently the difference in density between water and ice is exactly 1:1 to the percentage of the ice that floats above the water(aka is not displacing water)
RK76 TIL The Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Game Show was created in response to a survey by National Geographic finding that 1 in 4 Americans could not locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean
Jarj TIL According to the World Health Organization, obesity has surpassed hunger as the greatest worldwide threat.
Qxe TIL Zablon Simintov is the only jew left in Afghanistan