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TIL that in an effort to make smoking "safer" one company decided to add a new, high-tech filter to their cigarettes. The filter was made out of asbestos. This decision did not end well.

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GAY5E TIL that approximately 7.7% of men and 4.8% of women in the genral population have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: a mental illness characterized by grandiosity and a general lack of empathy.
Wk8yA TIL about Australia's "Democracy Sausage" where some polling stations have a sausage wrapped in a slice of bread available on election day.
XEj58 TIL Rage Against the Machine received a "lifetime ban" from 'Saturday Night Live' after they attempted to hang American flags upside down for their set, in opposition of billionaire and 1996 presidential candidate Steve Forbes (LAST TOP POST WAS REMOVED; AUTHOR UPDATED ARTICLE AFTER I POSTED)
ldEV TIL that Danzig’s hit song “Mother” was in response to attempted censorship from Tipper Gore and the PMRC
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.