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TIL that Nicorette was created in Sweden for submariners who couldn’t smoke on board

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wowOM TIL that sculpting, music, painting and architecture use to be awarded medals in the Olympics between 1912 - 1948
kJwBg TIL of Deborah Sampson, an American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for America during the American Revolution. After she was found out to be a woman, Paul Revere helped her to become the first woman in history to receive a military pension.
6Ebwm TIL about the presocratic philosopher Empedocles. He claimed to have magical powers and a divine status, and would walk around Sicily in a large purple robe. Apparently, he died when he jumped into Etna, an active volcano, to prove to his followers that he really was a god.
GA6g TIL in 1974 a Florida news reporter killed herself on camera and had already written out the script to be read after her death.
0w6jA TIL in 1982, rocker Billy Idol was staying at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. After Idol destroyed his room, the police arrived, and a naked Idol surrendered. He later learned they were not there for him, but were investigating the recent overdose death of John Belushi, who died that same night.