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TIL the U.S. pays subsidies to farmers who grow tobacco

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N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer
a8WBb TIL: This year Arizona signed a bill making Pluto the official state planet. Arizona legislators said Pluto was downgraded due to jealous Europeans. Arizona discovered it whereas all prior planets were discovered by Europeans. The bill was a bipartisan effort.
rNMGe TIL that Harold Ray Presley - cousin of Elvis and a Mississippi sheriff in the 90s - was mortally wounded in a shootout in 2001, and that an 8,000 pound monument was erected in his honor. In 2008, the monument disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and its whereabouts are still unknown.
pYW5Z TIL there's an "Old Perth" and that Perth, AU is basically "New Perth".
Ng6M TIL that Coffeemate is allowed to say it has no trans fats despite having a lot (it is the second ingredient) because they made the serving size absurdly small.