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TIL the radioactive isotope Polonium-210 is found in tobacco smoke.

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XEvDE TIL during the Great Depression, the mortality rate of the US population actually improved. People lived on average 6 years longer.
Bra1e TIL of Qian Xuesen, a Chinese aerospace engineer who was a founding member of JPL. When he was stripped of his security clearances during the Red Scare despite protests by his colleagues, he moved back to China where he became well known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"
yXaV TIL that in WW2 an American pilot fell over 20,000 feet and survived by falling through the glass roof of a train station.
9LPD TIL Texas is #1 in toxic chemicals released into water, carcinogens released into air, carbon dioxide emissions, hazardous waste, #2 in overall birth rate, #50 in % with high school diploma, population insured, women receiving prenatal care in first trimester
y91X TIL: Germany declared the shotgun inhumane during World War One