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TIL Kurt Cobain warned a kid about the dangers of smoking

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b9LB0 TIL that cities used to have 'ugly laws.' People were fined $1 to $50 per day if they were deemed 'too ugly' to go out in public. The last Ugly Law wasn't rescinded in Chicago until 1974.
XE70P TIL about the Fundamental Attribution Error, a concept that describes how we blame others when bad things happen to them, but blame the external situations when bad things happen to us.
DQYEY TIL that there are no known creature on earth with an odd number of legs used for locomotion except kangaroo.
gMDp7 TIL That to rescue a Royal Marine behind enemy lines, 4 Commandos strapped themselves to the outside of apache helicopters, enabling them to rush in and bring the Royal Marine back.
LkoXZ TIL Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was first published as a giveaway for the department store Montgomery Ward in 1939. The story was initially rejected because, in 1930s pop culture, a bright red nose was closely associated with chronic alcoholism and drunkards.