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TIL The first owner og Marlboro cigarettes, died of lung cancer

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ANW5l TIL the US Navy sold 2 obsolete aircraft carriers to scrap dealers for a cent each because they were very expensive to dismantle and recycle.
R7nbQ TIL the original writer and singer of the the lion sleeps tonight was only paid the equivalent of 2 US dollars but surprisingly his heirs were able to fight for justice using a 1940's British law.
YdYW TIL cats may run around after they poop because of an instinct to flee from predators who may have detected the smell.
5DaP TIL Jim Rice, of the Boston Red Sox, rushed into the stands in 1982 to help a young boy who had been struck in the head by a line drive. Rice carried the boy onto the field, through the Red Sox dugout and into the clubhouse, where the young boy could be treated by the team’s medical staff.
m1LdM TIL that in the Victorian era, many people took photos with their dead relatives