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TIL of the ‘Japanese Smoking Paradox’ where Japanese smokers smoke more than US/European males but have much lower lung cancer rates and nobody is entirely sure why.

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vPjQB TIL that Mattel sued Danish band Aqua over the song "Barbie Girl" claiming that the song violated their trademark and ruined their brand. The case was dismissed after it was ruled that the song was protected under the First Amendment, with the judge saying "The parties are advised to chill."
dDrjr TIL that Leon Spinks is the only person to have ever taken a world title away from Muhammad Ali, as all of Ali’s other losses were either fights where Ali was a challenger for the title, or were non-title fights.
xV8N1 TIL that Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), Ben & Jerry's, Burger King, Trader Joes, 7-11, & American Apparel are no longer based in America.
E1B87 TIL of 2015 Book [Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War] by American Susan Southard. It recounts the lifelong experience of five teenage hibakusha (survivors ) after the bombing of Nagasaki in WWII
WkDYB TIL the inventor of plastic bags, Sten Gustaf Thulindid, didn't believe in single-use plastics. he carried a plastic bag in his pocket and used it over and over again.