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TIL cigarettes and tobacco use kill more Americans each year than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined.

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v1kjr TIL that in 1980, a Somali government prisoner was sentenced to life in solitary confinement. He contemplated suicide until the prisoner in the next cell tapped out the words of a book in modified Morse code.
VMGaQ TIL Approximately 75% of US adults use some sort of vision correction. About 64% wear eyeglasses, 11% wear contact lenses and 30% of the American population is near-sighted
KYGnR TIL: Phil Seddon, is a zoologist and former chair of the De Extinction Task Force, which determines which animals can ethically be brought back without harming the ecosystem. Through advances in cloning and with evolutionary molecular biologist Dr. Beth Shapiro, it is close to fruition.
WkvPd TIL that Girls have more DNA than boys. This is due to the X Chromosome having more base pairs than the Y Chromosome.
QYDX TIL The Universal Edibility Test Is A Method Devised to Discern Edible Plants in a Survival Situation.