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TIL the tobacco company Philip Morris International founded and funded the Foundation for a Smoke-free World.

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Lv5V TIL When asked, after 50 years of research, what he knew about the reason people sleep, William Dement, founder of Stanford University’s Sleep Research Center, answered, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”
nkOW TIL there is a web-based business that will anonymously send animal feces to a person of your choosing
yxww TIL the US government has concluded 51% of Americans make under $30,000, annually
eRZE TIL Britain went to war with Iceland 3 times in just under 20 years from 1958 - 1976, over multiple fishing disputes. These are known as the Cod Wars and only ended when Iceland threatened to close a major Nato base.
EkX7 TIL that a company called FANUC operates a factory where no lights, a/c or heat are needed for production because it’s just robots building other robots.