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TIL Smoking hookah is no safer than smoking cigarettes and in fact “Smokers may absorb more of the toxic substances also found in cigarette smoke than cigarette smokers do.”

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XEo1D TIL the names of the states Kansas and Arkansas have the same root, the name of the Kansa tribe, thought to mean "people of the south wind". However the 'kansas' in the states' names are pronounced differently due to Kansas being an English derivation, and Arkansas being a French.
vPR87 TIL Tasmanian Devils bear up to 50 babies, but only have four nipples. The first four babies that successfully make it from the birth canal into the pouch stand a chance of surviving, while the rest die and are eaten by the mother.
QXxL TIL in Iceland, there’s a traditional bread that you can bake in a pot by burying it in the ground near a hot spring.
bNZ TIL The Mars company was a bunch of dicks and denied Steven Spielberg the right to use their product, m&m’s, in E.T. so Reese’s Pieces were used instead. Turns out, the joke was on them because after the movie came out, sales for Reese’s Pieces increased tenfold.
oRo8 TIL Ben Franklin, when asked for advice on choosing a mistress, stated that he preferred older women over younger women and gave reasons why.