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TIL that the tobacco industry managed to shift blame of people falling asleep with lit cigarettes away from their products onto beds and sofas being too flammable getting the government to force flame retardants into all sorts of home products that now are linked to cancer etc.

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KOQ0Q TIL Marius Stan, 'Bogdan' from 'Breaking Bad', is a chemist in real life. He has a PhD in Chemistry, is a computational physicist and the Intelligent Materials Design Lead in the Argonne National Laboratory’s Applied Materials division.
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