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TIL in 1998 there was a new brand of cigarettes called Bravo that contained no nicotine or tobacco and was made with lettuce.

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QNxrL TIL that due to very poor consumer reviews and negative media attention in 2014, Haribo discontinued sugar free gummy bears. The gummy bears contained maltitol, a sugar alcohol that is not fully digestible and that ferments in the gut. It can cause increased flatulence, loose stools, and diarrhea.
Wprd TIL a princess of Thailand married an American man she met in MIT. She relinquished her royal titles to do so, and they had 3 children together.
wo06M TIL I Learned about Travis Lewis, a man who killed a woman, was forgiven and hired by the woman's daughter after his release from prison, then murdered the daughter in the same home 23 years later.
7ra8p TIL IBM made the first touchscreen and third-party app capable smartphone in 1994
AeZg TIL a large patch of critically endangered Mount Diablo buckwheat wildflowers–thought to be extinct for nearly 70 years–was spotted at a nature preserve in CA. Location was kept secret for months for fear that hikers and vandals would destroy them.