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TIL cigarette smoking in the US went from <5% in 1900 compared to 42% in 1965

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Bnob TIL that most statues have small penises because it was earlier believed that having a small package meant that the person was more “intellectual and rational.”
BrBvd TIL of Noah Wall, the boy who grew a new brain. During a pregnancy scan, doctors found out that Noah had only 2% of his brain intact. Despite this, amazingly, at 2 years old his 2% brain had grown into 80%. Noah’s development over the years has been like that of a normal child.
mxWKx TIL a Washington detective forged letters sent to the presiding judge to get a better sentence
5eZB TIL that not only can you “square” a number, you can also “triangle” a number.
grAg7 TIL the 'Longest' word has 189,819 letters and takes three hours to pronounce