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TIL A Cigarette was developed that negated its cancerous effects, but was shelved because tobacco companies refuse to admit their product isn’t safe

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QQxa TIL there’s a Southeast Asian sport called Sepak Takraw which is like volleyball but with feet only, it looks impressive and VERY difficult
npLW TIL Nail gun injuries are responsible for an estimated 37,000 emergency room visits each year, of which 60% are occupationally-related.
O5V7 TIL theaters used to have “cry rooms”: soundproof rooms at the back of theaters so mothers wouldn’t disturb others with their children
E1bkV TIL that the first first-person shooter, Maze, was created in 1973. It included features like corner peeking, AI bots, and 8-player online play. In fact, it was so popular that DARPA had to ban it from ARPANET because half of all network activity for a month was between players at MIT and Stanford.
R7LV1 TIL “cat zoomies” have a technical name: Frenetic Random Activity Periods or FRAPs. FRAPs are a surprising and sometimes alarming (especially in the middle of the night), yet completely normal, cat behavior