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TIL that 80% of black smokers smoke menthols

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xVRVo TIL that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the BBC apologised for a live political debate show where some in the audience told the US Ambassador that America had brought 9/11 on itself as a result of its foreign policy .
pxlb TIL Leslie Nielsen was known for pranking people with a portable hand-controlled fart machine. His epitaph read: “Let ‘er rip”, a final reference to his favorite practical joke.
6EaZ8 TIL the origin story for centaurs in greek mythology explains they were born because a deformed guy called centaurus(whose father got him by having sex with a cloud nymph faking as hera) had mated with magnesian mares.
DQGmV TIL about St. Bartholomew who was flayed alive. He is the patron saint of tanners, leatherworkers, and butchers.
6EOx8 TIL Mohammed Baparape Ali, the crown prince of Benin, has been living in Emmen, the Netherlands, for the past 3+ years, working as a caretaker of the local park. His family wants him to come back and be king, but he wants to stay in Emmen.