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TIL the reply to the first tweet ever was “f*ck you”

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QJX7e TIL Hitler hated smoking. In addition, German doctors were the first to link smoking with cancer, leading to the first ever public anti-smoking campaign.
gMM9W TiL about General Walton Walker who commanded in WW1-2 and Korea. He served directly under General George Patton who died from an accident involving his staff car. Walker later commanded an Army of his own in Korea but later also died from an accident involving his staff car.
x7eo TIL - You would get a larger dose of radiation from eating a bag of potato chips every day than you would if you lived next to a nuclear power plant.
rR5Qy TIL Afghanistan is believed to have only one Jewish citizen left. His name is Zablon Simintov and he refuses to leave. The country once housed a community of 40,000 Jews which dwindled down to just him. His main job is caring for Kabul's last remaining synagogue which he is the only member.
v1EBL TIL In 1673 Thomas Cornell Jr. was accused, tried, convicted and hanged for the alleged murder of his mother. He was convicted using spectral evidence, where witnesses recounted DREAMS involving GHOSTS pointing to his alleged guilt.