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TIL Kent was in 1952 the first widely popular filtered cigarette, noted for its "micronite filter" made of blue asbestos promising great health protection.

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41j6 TIL of Rocket War, an annual festival on the island of Chios, Greece, where residents of two towns fire 60,000 rockets at each other while trying to hit the rival town’s church bell… while people attend mass inside.
JYKpj TIL that out of the over 11,000 field goals over 19 seasons that Shaq made, only one was a 3-pointer.
ONE7 TIL the number of devices connected to the internet now exceeds the number of people in the world
LQDV0 TIL that in Norway you can opt out of receiving junk mail by putting a note on your mailbox
XV5D TIL that Oktoberfest beer is typically around 6% ABV, far stronger and sweeter than typical German lager. It’s easy to get dehydrated and many people pass out. These people are called Bierleichen (German for “Beer Corpses.“)