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

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wLwKo TIL that 93% of people who ever existed on this planet are now dead ,and about 50% of them were kiled by malaria.
rROnd TIL a slave from Mozambique called Yasuke was the first black samurai in the history of Japan
7rDrM TIL that toe wrestling is actually a competitive sport. Every year they hold championship in England. But in 1997 the Olympic Committee turned the sport down on the basis that they just couldn't decide if it was a winter or a summer sport.
AD0Bl TIL when George R.R. Martin was young, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles. The turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.
jNwZj TIL Japanese, but not European, honeybees can “slow cook” giant hornets to death, when they attack the hive. They do this by forming a giant swarm, a “bee ball”, around the hornet and vibrate their flight muscles to create heat. They warm the area up to 116°F, slowly “cooking” the hornet to death.