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TIL a village in Portugal encourages children to smoke cigarettes as part of a traditional Epiphany ritual.

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5Yn88 TIL of a contract between Disney and Robin Williams stating that the Genie from Aladin could not be used in any sort of merchandising or tie-in products. After Disney broke the contract, Robin received a Picasso painting as an apology.
aybN TIL that the victims of the Pompeii eruption had “perfect teeth” - linked to both a healthy diet and high levels of fluorine in the air and water near the volcano
0wraj TIL Mel Brooks put on a prosthetic 11th finger while adding his handprint to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
p8PyA TIL that in 1710, almost 100 years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American leaders traveled to Great Britain to meet the Queen.
mx5Zv TIL Sickle Cell Anemia (a condition which disproportionately afflicts Africans) provides protection against Malaria. It is believed that the reason why Africans are more likely to have S.C.A. is Africans benefited from the condition from living in a Malaria risk location.