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TIL Menthol in cigarettes serves a purpose other than flavoring, menthol inhibits the metabolism of nicotine, increasing your body’s exposure to nicotine

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7p9r TIL that Sunandha Kumariratana, the Queen of Thailand, drowned while her subjects watched because they were forbidden to touch her.
pYxL4 TIL of Sandy Woodward who commanded the British task force during the Falklands War and ensured that the Argentinian forces were defeated, before Winter made this impossible, mapping the logistics out accordingly.
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