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TIL the Jeopardy theme song is exactly 30 seconds.

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grLnL TIL that in the late 80s, Phillip Morris international (a large tobacco company) developed cigarettes with nicotine artificially extracted from them in an attempt to market “healthier” cigarettes, which backfired as they were widely criticized by public health groups and did not sell well.
dDMDE TIL that the first movie depicting the sinking of the Titanic was released just 29 days after the tragedy, and even starred an actual survivor.
m1JBM TIL that in 1994, a Washington State man’s death sentence was overturned because the Judge believed that the man’s weight could cause him to be decapitated by the scheduled hanging - deeming him “too obese to hang”
JYKdB TIL that ants are amongst the few animals who passed the mirror test, which is a strong evidence of self-recognition, and indicates the possibility of self-awareness (i.e. a “sense of self”).
MeNPB TIL that Orville Wright, the younger of the two Wright Brothers, expressed sadness about the death and destruction brought about by the bombers of World War 2, stating “I once thought the aeroplane would end wars. I now wonder whether the aeroplane and the atomic bomb can do it.”