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TIL Bhutan was the first country to make smoking illegal in public places in 2005

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loQYN TIL Gordie Howe played 32 seasons of professional hockey in a career that spanned 5 decades
wLnKM TIL two men dressed as Batman and Captain America were teaching kids at an event when they noticed a nearby home on fire. They ran to the house, rushed inside, and rescued a cat that had inhaled smoke. "Batman" gave the cat mouth-to-mouth breaths until it recovered, then it hissed and "freaked out."
oBd5R TIL that 21 USC §331(b), 333, 343 & 21 CFR §150.160(b)(2) make it a federal crime to sell jam made from a combination of more than five fruits.
x6B9g TIL that Mozart wrote a song called "Lick me in the arse".
RAx1 TIL that beavers are considered fish by the Catholic Church, allowing them to be eaten during lent.