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TIL: More members of Alcoholics Anonymous die from cigarette related illnesses than alcohol. Including one of the co-founders who continued smoking even after needing an oxygen tank to breathe.

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XEmQ8 TIL that the secret of True Damascus steel isnt lost, and it's able to be replicated using crucible steel with carbide forming elements like vanadium and molybdenum
4X1N5 TIL the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the champion among fish - it can reach a length of 13.5 m and a weight of 34 t! It is assumed that it can grow significantly more. It lives in the open waters of tropical oceans and it is rarely found in waters that have a temperature below 22 ° C.
4XMKw TIL about Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, America's only princess, the great-grandniece of Queen Liliuokalani
XEB7r TIL that France used chip cards with a pin code on their bank debit cards in the 1980's, while the UK didn't used it until 1999 and the US in the 2000's only because smart encrypted card was a invented by a French
91BM TIL the Troll A Platform, a natural gas platform in the middle of the Troll Gas Field off the coast of Norway, is the tallest and heaviest structure ever moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history.