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TIL: Po-210 in cigarettes is the greatest single source of radiation dose to Americans.

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96d6 TIL American is not actually the most obese country in the world; it actually ranks 18th in obesity prevalence
XmEQ TIL that Box Tops for Education has raised over $400 million and is one of America’s best known campaigns
yQmOJ TIL that Orson Welles knew, or had met, FDR, Truman, General George Marshall, Churchill, and Hitler.
EgJw0 TIL of Zachary Porter, 20, who got stuck, waste deep, in a mud flat during low tide. He was unable to free himself and drowned when the high tide came in.
6E6EW TIL that "right-wing" and "left-wing" labels originated from the French Revolution, in which anti-royalists sat on the left of the French National Assembly hall and pro-royalty sat on the right.