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TIL that 80% of black smokers smoke menthols

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P18rJ TIL milk jugs have those circle indentations for structural support, lower production costs and to allow changes in volume.
9wM7D TIL that the two-man astronaut crews on the first four space shuttle missions wore special launch suits and sat in military jet-style seats that allowed them to eject at altitudes as high as 80,000 feet. These were no longer used once the shuttle was declared "operational" for future NASA missions.
VV9p TIL Joaquin Phoenix along with three of his siblings were raised under the “Children of God” cult which their parents were members of until 1978. After leaving the cult, the family changed their name from “Bottom” to “Phoenix” in order to symbolize a new beginning
oNYK TIL there is an ATM in the Vatican that gives instructions in Latin, and is believed to be the only one in the world to do so
JYpQV TIL after the Vietnam war, Vietnamese farmers reused external fuel tanks dropped from US aircraft to create makeshift canoes and riverboats.