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TIL that the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Director of Research wrote in a private internal memo that the warning labels on cigarettes helped boost sales with young adults who love taking risks and believe they are "immortal"

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x6kK0 TIL the world's longest constitution was the Constitution of Alabama from 1901-2022. At 338,882 words, it was 51 times longer than the U.S. Constitution and 12 times longer than the average U.S. state constitution.
dO47 TIL in June of 1985 a drunk student hijacked a Boeing in Norway demanding to talk to the prime minister. He later surrendered in exchange of more beer.
wLEk8 TIL in 2004 215 restaurants in the Chinese province of Guizhou were closed after being charged with lacing their food with opium to make customers addicted. In 2016, 35 restaurants in the entire country were found doing the same thing.
nWLVW TIL that the total value of all the gold owned in the world is only slightly less than the total value of all stocks ($18 trillion vs $22 trillion, respectively)
7DDp TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) was required to be accompanied by crewmembers who wore high-visibility vests while in the forests of the Pacific Northwest filming scenes set on Endor, so as not to be mistaken for Bigfoot and shot.