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TIL that McKinsey kept helping cigarettes and tobacco companies sell more as late as 2021 when it finally ended their relationship

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Adxd TIL there is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern border of North Korea. It is known as a “Propaganda Village” and was used as a decoy to lure South Korean defectors
1aeoV TIL that in 1992, Paul Lynch completed 124 consecutive push-ups over approximately 5 minutes using only his finger.
VlV0 TIL That 45% of all online gamers are female and woman over the age of 18 are the industry’s fastest growing demographic
WEE9 TIL that of the 100+ people to die in the building of the Hoover Dam, the first and last to perish were a father and son who plummeted to their death 13 years to the day apart.
awJEM TIL that fireworks are totally illegal in Florida, but are sold to ordinary people in huge quantities via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they're for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops.