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TIL In Indian culture it is rude to say “Please” and “Thank You” to friends and family, the words are basically non existent. Instead it is expected to help one another out at any given moment.

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PYwPe TIL that, when he died in 2008, Heath Ledger —himself a highly ranked chess champion — had been preparing to direct a screen adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit.
Br01W TIL that in 1999, multinational cigarette company Philip Morris attempted to convince the Czech Republic that smoking was highly beneficial to the country's economy, as more people would die earlier, hence allowing the government to save millions on health-care, pension and public-housing.
R7My8 TIL toilet paper only became "splinter-free" in the 1930s.
x6vV0 TIL about Vortex I, the only state sponsored rock festival in US history. It was done in Oregon coinciding with a visit from President Nixon to support the Vietnam war as a distraction for anti-war protestors.
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