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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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WkbZN TIL that Jane Addams, founder the social work profession, was adamantly opposed to the entrance of the U.S. into WWI. She was admitted to a Baltimore hospital on December 10, 1931, the day that she was to receive the Nobel Peace in Oslo.
l7vM5 TIL National Tea Day is a popular event celebrated in many countries around the world, on April 21st.
R5ko7 TIL Robert plant was only 22 when Led Zeppelin recorded the song Stairway to Heaven
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