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TIL of Jin Ling cigarettes, a brand of cigarettes that is never legally sold and is designed explicitly for smuggling and cigarette tax evasion.

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vx1L TIL that L. Ron Hubbard was a terrible Navy officer who was fired after the ship he commanded accidentally attacked Mexico. His ship was considered “jinxed” and eventually collided with another ship, burst into flames and sank.
v1Jrx TIL that King Alexander of Greece was killed by a monkey when he attempted to break up a fight between his dog and the monkey. In the middle of breaking the fight up, he was bitten by another monkey and later died of his wounds. He was only 27.
P7RJ TIL scientologists believe that psychiatrists (psychs) are actually beings from the planet Farsec sent to earth to “keep humanity ignorant.”
bEME TIL There was an unlicensed game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System called Somari, which was a derived copy of Sonic the Hedgehog that featured Mario instead. The name Somari came from SOnic and MARIo.
adK9 TIL Japanese created a smoke alarm for those who can’t hear, that pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air to alert them.