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TIL the Nuclear Gandhi bug from Civilization actually never existed

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PY0Ve TIL In the 1950's Kent Cigrarettes used asbestos filters, claiming these filters offered the "greatest protection in health history".
kJk05 TIL that the most successful pirate in history was a woman from China named Ching Shih. She commanded the largest fleet that nations couldn’t copy in numbers. She was a former prostitute who married a pirate that immediately considered her his equal & held massive control of the South China Sea.
1apG8 TIL that one of the attractions at the 1939 New York World’s Fair was a colony of topless sunbathing women.
j6wMR TIL: A "huge" stash of porn was found in Osama bin Laden's bedroom after his death
E1pE7 TIL, a new technology was created for the film Inside Out, a virtual camera lens based on an actual camera lens, so that the animation appears to be filmed on an actual camera