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TIL that a “safer cigarette” (The XA Project) was developed in the 70s but tobacco companies pressured the inventor to bury it because it implied their cigarettes were unsafe.

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R71m7 TIL General MacArthur wanted to win the Korean War by dropping 30-50 atomic bombs on air bases, followed by sowing nuclear waste into the ground to create a permanent radioactive border to prevent future invasions from the North.
4REa TIL there’s a geographically-isolated two-year college which aims to have a student body size of only 26. Students are taught academics and as well as farm-related manual labor. Most graduates continue their studies in reputable universities like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Oxford.