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TIL That author Kurt Vonnegut threatened to sue Pall Mall cigarettes for not killing him.

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Ypakv TIL Palau announced it would create the world's first shark sanctuary banning commercial shark fishing. The sanctuary protects about 230,000 square miles of ocean. Palau received the Future Policy Award from World Future Council, because "Palau is a global leader in protecting marine ecosystems.”
69PNJ TIL that direct gaze can serve as an explicit and implicit signal of threat or dominance, indicating that overt physical aggression might soon follow, and one should avoid it with predators.
d8YY8 TIL Morocco was once a haven for gay Americans and Europeans who wanted to bang inside buildings or dungeons. As back then the society was full of paradoxes, people were able to be free.
nAXb TIL in 1830, the annual per capita consumption of alcohol by Americans had climbed to more than five gallons. At the time Americans believed liquor was nutritious and stimulated digestion. It was also consumed to help wash down poorly cooked, greasy, salty, and sometimes rancid food.
P1MNw TIL that paleontologists have identified an "Anal Chimney", or a tube to separate the anus from the mouth on ancient fossils, that evolved after creatures ate too much of their own feces...