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TIL that in 2014, CVS stopped selling tobacco products in favor of promoting good health, losing over a billion in revenue

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1aABd TIL, in ancient Egypt, there was an event in which the Pharaoh would ceremoniously ejaculate into the Nile to encourage the fertility of the river.
4Om6 TIL that houseflies buzz in the key of F.
aw5Bb TIL about Femtoengineering, which is technology 6 orders of magnitude smaller than nanotech. At this scale, engineering utilises quarks & strings to manipulate atoms. If achieved, could lead towards macro-scale teleportation, as well as breakthroughs in force field generation and antigravity tech.
ea6n TIL the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is “gorilla gorilla gorilla”
b6Zaa Today I learned that the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny and can fit on the end of your finger.