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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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gG0A TIL of British engineer Beatrice Shilling, who designed “Miss Shilling’s Orifice”, a stopper in early Spitfire engines that prevented engines from flooding during barrel rolls (and she raced motorcycles and was altogether pretty bad ass.)
BgVPr TIL in 2024(today) steam boat willie got released to the public domain
loYLB TIL China is harvesting organs from live "prisoners of conscience", performing more than 4,000 organ transplants per day. The EU parliament has passed resolutions against it but they've gone basically unnoticed
XgN8 TIL The guy who designed the original Twitter’s logo only made about $3 off iStockPhoto
X6bE TIL that ABRACADABRA is actually a Hebrew term meaning “I create what I speak”.