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TIL the FBI is recommending adblockers as necessary

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grLnL TIL that in the late 80s, Phillip Morris international (a large tobacco company) developed cigarettes with nicotine artificially extracted from them in an attempt to market “healthier” cigarettes, which backfired as they were widely criticized by public health groups and did not sell well.
rNO9o TIL: To "protect the truth," a woman recorded hundreds of thousands of hours of TV news between 1977 and 2012. Her archives grew to about 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes stacked in her home and apartments she rented to store them. Upon her death, the Internet Archive agreed to digitize the volumes.
9wZ4Q TIL that on May 17, 1947 at Fenway Park a 3lb smelt fell out of the sky and hit Red Sox pitcher Ellis Kinder in the head
X0LR6 TIL Ginza street in Tokyo Japan is closed to cars on certain timings during weekends and public holidays.
YpR5x TIL why we have middle names. The 3 names used today began in the Middle Ages when people were torn between giving their child a saint’s name or a common family name. The practice of giving 3 names eventually resolved the problem with a formula, given name 1st, baptismal name 2nd, surname 3rd