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TIL that companies can legally discriminate against people who smoke

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YpBwG TIL Tom Petty was so popular his record label wanted to charge $1 more for his 1981 album "Hard Promises" than the standard $8.98, but they backed down after he considered naming the album "$8.98"
6EjQ8 TIL of the more than 750,000 drafted in the American Civl War during 1863 and 1864, only about 46,000 actually saw battle. The remaining 85% avoided the war by literally running away, finding someone else to take their place, or paying the $300 commutation fee.
P1bwO TIL that the D ration chocolate bar, issued to U.S. troops in WW2, was nicknamed "Hitler's Secret Weapon" by the troops for its effect on the soldiers' intestinal tracts.
78WpL TIL octopuses don’t have tentacles, they have arms. Tentacles only have suction cups on the end, while octopus arms have them along the entire length.
BMdx TIL that in Tron the good characters were originally supposed to glow yellow and evil ones blue, but during production decided to change good to blue and evil to red. Regardless, some of the original coloring scheme remains in the film, e.g. the vehicles.