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TIL that Nazis presented the first epidemiological study linking tobacco use and cancer and launched the first and most broadly reaching anti-smoking campaign of modern times.

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BrQNd TIL The word ‘orange’ was used as the name of the fruit for around 200 years before being used as a colour.
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