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TIL: That Third Reich was the first country to lead an anti-tobacco campaign

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Radl TIL that when The Princess and the Frog came out, 50 children were hospitalized with salmonella from kissing frogs.
XEoJP TIL Charles S. Dutton went from "jail to Yale." While in solitary he picked up an anthology of black playwrights. He convinced the warden to start a drama group, later earning a Master's degree in acting from Yale. He has starred in films by David Fincher, Robert Altman, and Guillermo del Toro.
WkQBN TIL That the reason beans actually give you gas is because of a sugar found in beans called oligosaccharide that the body cannot fully break down. When these sugars move into the small intestine, they produce excess gas.
7MGL TIL there is an area in Venezuela where lightning strikes 280 to 3,600 times an hour, 300 nights per year. It is called Relámpago del Catatumbo, or “the everlasting storm”.
oQX8 TIL it was illegal in the US to have replaceable bulbs in car headlights until 1983.