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TIL A packet of cigarettes in Australia will cost $40 by 2020

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awKGL TIL Japan has an almost forgotten indigenous people, the Ainu and they were only legally recognised as an indigenous people of Japan in 2019.
DQeje TIL that before Julia Child became a world renowned chef, she was a research assistant for Secret Intelligence in WWII. In the precursor to the CIA, she helped develop a shark repellant for life vests and mines that is still used today.
ZGPa TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii
Y4ZB TIL 35% of polled American workers said they would be willing to forego a significant pay raise in exchange for having their boss fired.
KYWpQ TIL Maurice White noticed his astrological chart was loaded with three of the four ancient elements but mostly lacked Water, which inspired him to name his band after the remaining three: Earth, Wind & Fire.