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TIL that, according to a UK report commissioned by the House of Commons, tobacco is more harmful than cannabis, LSD, and ecstasy

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GY5y4 TIL while individuals with a net worth of over $30 million constitute only about 0.003% of the global population, they hold over 1/8 of the global wealth.
ADoPo TIL Star Trek's training exercise Kobayashi Maru has been used by computer security educators to teach students to think like an adversary, that by stepping outside the rules of the game one can redefine the game, and why you should teach your students to cheat.
o0d8 TIL John Madden was offered unlimited stock to the first Madden NFL video game but declined and later called it “the dumbest thing (he) ever did in (his) life.”
KO5OB TIL President Truman was opposed to McCarthyism, which was a means of deplatforming suspected communists without technically violating the first amendment, largely by barring them from employment. "In a free country, we punish men for the crimes they commit, but never for the opinions they have."
mery TIL the average person checks their phone 150 times a day, every six-and-a-half minutes.