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TIL Mad Magazine exposed American Brands, a major cigarette manufacturer, that also owned Franklin Life Insurance claim cigarettes are harmless while charging more to insure smokers. (1988)

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166V7 TIL Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the Normandy beaches (alongside 150,000 men). She was a journalist but her request to come along had been denied, so she stowed away in a toilet and then disguised herself as a stretcher bearer
xB6D TIL Pablo Picasso would always pay for things with a personal check. He realized his signature was worth so much that they would rarely cash the check.
8aN0a TIl in addition to his sword, Ex Calibur, legendary King Arthur also had a spear named Ron.
oBo98 TIL: In 2019, 274 Black children under the age of 10 were killed by BLACK PEOPLE... NOBODY, except their mothers, seems to give a damn about them. TIL That Black Lives Only Matter to Black People When A White Cop Kills A Black Person
ZX8D TIL Men competed nude in the Ancient Olympics to celebrate the achievements of the human body. Because of that married women were not allowed to watch the Olympics with death as a punishment. In Sparta which is more liberal both men and women exercised in the nude.