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TIL that smoking killed more people in the 20th century than both world wars combined.

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pk5G TIL that a Polish patriot allowed himself to be captured by the nazis in WW2 to be sent to Auschwitz. Inside the camp, he formed a underground resistance group that did a variety of things such as morale and passing on Intel to the outside. First detailed report of the holocaust. He soon escaped.
mxVPv TIL ceiling height affects how you think and act, higher ceilings promote creativity while lower promotes concentrated, rational thinking
nelNP TIL about Ashpan Annie, who survived catastrophic explosion in Halifax, Canada in 1917 as a baby, protected from the explosion by an iron stove and kept warm for over 24 hours by the ashes. Annie lived to be 95.
VvbG TIL There was once a contractor named Hoosier employed on the Louisville and Portland Canal who preferred to hire laborers from Indiana. They were called “Hoosier’s men” and eventually all Indianans were called Hoosiers.
NBjb TIL the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was so strong that the vibration was felt and detected by an orbiting satellite