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TIL the European Union will ban the sale of all menthol cigarettes in the early 2020s.

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7rAPP TIL that Aubrey Plaza's character in Parks and Rec (April Ludgate) was written into the show only after the casting director met her and insisted she somehow be put in the show.
PYN0O [TIL] about the GIANT murder hornet that has recently been seen in the US and UK. It has a 75mm (2.95 in) wingspan and a 6mm (0.25 in) stinger. They hunt in packs and can kill humans,. if you're unlucky, their stings cause necrosis (your flesh dies while you are alive.).
JYQ64 TIL that if you are a driver in the United Kingdom you are required by the law to stop and report to the police if you run over a dog, a horse, a cattle, a pig, a goat, a sheep, a donkey and a mule, but not if you run over a deer, a cat, a badger or a fox.
mmgE TIL - The first message ever sent over the internet(sent in 1969) was “LO” they were attempting to send the message “LOGIN” but the system crashed while processing all of the information
mb5y TIL Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) was considered to play Han Solo in ‘Star Wars’ and told his close friend who was sleeping on his couch, Mark Hamill, to go audition for the role of Luke Skywalker.