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TIL lung cancer in young people (50 or younger) is actually more common in non-smokers than in smokers, and is instead linked mainly to genetics.

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xVam1 TIL that George Washington illegally rotated his enslaved personal chef, Hercules, between the Capitol and Mount Vernon to avoid laws that would free him. Hercules eventually escaped to freedom.
AjZd TIL there is no December 30, 2011 in the history of the Pacific Ocean islands of Samoa and Tokelau as the day was skipped when these islands moved their time zone from the last time zone east of the international date line to the first west of the date line
W1GY TIL during the Tiananmen Square incident Chinese agents were tasked with spotting foreign journalists taking pictures from their hotel room windows. After determining their room number an entry team would batter down the door and try and seize any film.
e0dkg TIL Germany's flag is actually an alternative to the actual flag
4XQog TIL that Koi carps bread outside of Japan live on average 15 years, while the average age of Japanese koi is 40 years and the oldest recorded lifespan is 226 years (the Koi named Hanako lived from 1751 to 1977).