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

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wVW1 TIL A college student put a fake quote on Wikipedia soon after the death of the famous composer Maurice Jarre, and several journals put the fake quote in their articles about Maurice Jarre’s death. It went unnoticed until he said something about it.
x61N7 TIL Jobs/Wozniak sold illegal blue box phone phreaking devices before founding Apple
grwmX TIL: In Ian Fleming's books, James Bond consumed a total of 317 alcoholic drinks. Less than 8% of these drinks were Martinis. He actually preferred Bourbon.
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