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TIL that smokers actually cost society LESS in healthcare dollars, due to earlier average age of death.

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x6rZD TIL that a Japanese artist paints with Microsoft Excel. Tatsuo Horiuchi prefers the spreadsheet to real canvas and paint, or drawing software, because it has "more functions and is easier to use".
wLbA8 TIL: Smallpox inoculation had been practiced in China, India, Turkey, and East and West Africa, starting as early as 1000 AD. The procedure involved exposing a small wound to pus from the sores of an infected person, to cause a limited infection, which would then provide lifelong immunity.
9YrWB TIL that Sunflowers are used to assist in clean up after a nuclear disaster. They are known as hyperaccumulators because they are capable of absorbing toxic heavy metals from the ground and have been planted at both Chernobyl and Fukushima to aid in soil restoration.
bJrj TIL that Vodka was originally invented in Poland, first produced in the 8th century
9wOQ7 TIL that Mihoyo, developers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, owns an experimental TOKAMAK nuclear fusion reactor.