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TIL Reynolds American, maker of Camel Cigarettes, decided to ban smoking at it’s company headquarters in Winston-Salem, NC

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XVN8 TIL Richard A. Rizzo being suspended 7 times and arrested 4 times is still a Chicago cop.
8an4P TIL the peace sign was originally released in February 1958, designed by Gerald Holtom, who combined naval semaphore signals for “nuclear” - two flags down at 45 degrees - with “disarmament” - one flag straight up, one down.
7reEP TIL of Peter Conover Hains, who is the only Civil War veteran to also serve in World War I
KOKxJ TIL that when deputy-Führer Rudolf Hess was invited to the Berghof by Hitler, he often brought his own 'biologically organic' food for dinner. Hitler did not like it.
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