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TIL there are at least 7,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke

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R6Pw TIL of an indigenous tribe in Brazil that only values personal experience and keeps no history.
RWoQ TIL that the smallest Hawaiian Island, widely known as The Forbidden Isle, is owned by two brothers that inherited from their great-great-grandmother who purchased it from King Kamehameha V for $10,000 in gold. They have turned down all offers to sell it including $1 billion from the U.S. government
p8K7b TIL The Americas was the British preferred location for prisoners, and it only became Australia until the US gained its independence.