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

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jNWap TIL Despite smoking marijuana, using large amounts of cocaine, drinking to excess & being a heavy cigarette smoker, actor Steve McQueen followed a daily two-hour exercise regimen involving weightlifting and, at one point, running 5 miles, seven days a week and learned martial arts.
gbYW TIL “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” originally meant attempting something ludicrous or impossible
6EnbJ TIL that Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in Australia
694Gw TIL about "A Boy's Scenario" from a Silent Hill visual novel for game boy advanced that revisited the events of the first game and you could play as a boy named "Andy", but you needed a peripheral that is no longer available thus becoming a forever lost portion of the game.
g4QL TIL during WWII Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical reasons to show their willingness to fight