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TIL that the Geneva Convention requires POWs to have access to tobacco

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b9ma TIL there are an estimated 2 billion earth-like planets in the Milky Way alone
8bZP TIL Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was the Lieutenant-General of an authorized state militia that enlisted at least 2,500 men while the the United States army at the time consisted of 8,500.
5YpRr TIL: In the 1930s, metallic paints were invented for cars. They were made with fish scales and it would take 40,000 herring to make a single kilo of paint.
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