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TIL that it was estimated that Canadian country star "Stompin'" Tom Connors smoked up to 100 cigarettes a day. He lived to be 77.

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W6M8 TIL The F-22 and Eurofighter Typhoon have been pitted against eachother in mock dogfights in the past. The Typhoons proved to be surprisingly effective against the American aircraft, and after such an encounter the USAF “decided they didn’t want to play any more” as a result.
kOyem TIL Female Jesters existed. One of the most noted was Mathurine de Vallois, who served the 1500s French Court. She wore a flamboyant Amazon Warrior outfit and was famed for her sharp wit and when she managed to capture Henri IV's would-be assassin as the man tried to flee the scene of the crime.
N7B61 TIL that two men in Brazil stole a teletherapy unit from an abandoned hospital and disassembled it in home. The two suffered vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and unexplained skin burns. They sold the unit in junkyard and later found that it contains a radioactive material, exposing 249 others.
nW5ar TIL that graduation caps are derived from a biretta, a hat commonly worn by Roman Catholic clergymen in the 14th and 15th century.
abjo TIL that there is a tree in the USA that owns itself, or more accurately its the son of the tree that owns itself