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TIL the final televised tobacco ad in the US was shown at the last moment legally possible during the Tonight Show

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eMQ6 TIL of and experienced “hells itch” which sometimes accompanies a sunburn and only affects 5-10% of individuals. It usually lasts 24-48 hours and has been said to be worse than childbirth and has driven people to suicide.
rRRDM TIL that manufacturing is cheaper in China because of subsidies - energy, land and raw material subsidies, low cost loans at both state and federal levels and not because of low labor costs or scale (SEA and SA are cheaper)
L4bV TIL the median age of the country of Niger is 14.8 years old. 50% of the population is under the age of 15.
ADJJd TIL that the most verbose of all the Varangian stones - the Turinge Runestone in Sweden - is devoted to a Viking chief in service of Kiev King Yaroslav the Wise in the beginning of the XI century
E1GRo TIL "bully insurance" is offered by companies in France and Japan to cover property damaged or stolen by other children, broken bones and shattered eyeglasses.