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TIL that the U.S. Surgeon General found that smoking caused more than 20 million premature deaths in the United States between 1965 and 2014

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5YjPD TIL that the Barenaked Ladies' song "One Week" spent one week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
WRAA TIL that Michael Jackson prank called Russell Crow for “three fucking years” despite the pair having never met.
8mQL TIL in 2014 a Greek woman was accidentally buried alive. She was found after a group of children heard screams coming from her grave.
kPE7 TIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies daily by 15cm based on the temperature
XyPD TIL a hero of the Harlem Hellfighters routed 36 Germans single-handedly, while rescuing a fellow soldier and suffering 22 wounds at Argonne Forest…then died 10 years later, as a destitute alcoholic, after being denied disability and a purple heart.