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TIL there is a brand of cigarettes designed explicitly for smuggling.

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aaYL TIL of Dapper Dan, a Harlem man who was chief tailor to a number of New York rappers, athletes, and dealers in the 80s. His apparel was often covered in bootleg Gucci, Fendi, or Louis Vuitton logos. Mike Tyson, one of his customers, later had a fight which indirectly led to Dan’s boutique closing.
8aNGX TIL "my name is Haines" was a famous 1800s catchphrase, dropped in conversation when someone needed to leave somewhere quickly. It was inspired by a man's awkward encounter with Thomas Jefferson. In 1840 a newspaper said it had "a popularity which no other slang phrase has ever attained."
AQ7d TIL the Aryan Brotherhood makes up less than 0.1% of the prison population, but is responsible for 18% of murders in the federal prison system.
xVWyD TIL Lynn Margulis, proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution (bacteria merging into other bacteria to form more complex cells), had such trouble getting her ideas recognized that a grant proposal was returned with "Your research is crap. Don't ever bother to apply again."
4kEE5 TIL Sobekneferu is the earliest confirmed female Egyptian pharaoh, ca. 1800-1700 BC