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TIL that 80% of black smokers smoke menthols

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RAlj TIL that Osama Bin Laden cost United States taxpayers over $3 trillion dollars over the 15 years leading up to his death.
wLjV1 TIL about Neale McShane, an Aussie police officer who patrolled a beat of over 90,000 square miles (the size of the UK) all by himself.
d8nk7 TIL For a morbid photo, a couple thought they’d place their child inside an 800 year old sandstone sarcophagus on display—behind a barrier—at a Museum in England. The sarcophagus fell to the floor, breaking a chunk off. The family fled the scene without reporting it, but were captured on CCTV.
69Ny7 TIL that Roman Soldiers were not allowed to marry until the Second Century AD. Until then wives were illegal and any children were considered illegitimate.
awRXo TIL that the Fairy Tales of Ludwig Bechstein were once more popular then the Brothers Grimm. In those tales women were self reliant instead of damsels in distress, and step-mothers were not treated as "wicked" since many German mothers died in childbirth and the role of stepmother was so important.