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TIL Dr. Sigmund Freud was addicted to smoking and failed to quit for good throughout a 45 years long battle that included 33 operations for cancer of the jaw, an artificial jaw replacement, and attacks of "tobacco angina" exacerbated by nicotine . He was known to smoke up to twenty cigars a day.

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YM6A TIL Ernst Leitz II risked his own safety by putting into place a wildly successful plan to help Jews escape Nazi Germany. He hired Jews, and then sent them on foreign assignments.
vPZV8 TIL In the past, Chinese orphanages were full of healthy girls due to the strict one-child policy and the common preference for boys. Now, Chinese authorities estimate that 98 percent of abandoned children have disabilities, both mild to severe
m8WO TIL: Everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. they had to give 30 days warning
QJYxE TIL that the Maya used to import turkeys from Mexico and worship them like gods.
D1O1p TIL baby otters can’t swim when they are born. It can take baby otters months to learn how to swim depending on their species. Sea otter moms need to carry babies on their belly or place them in kelp beds until they learn how to swim properly on their own.