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TIL that in 1604 King James wrote an anti-smoking essay, “A Counterblaste to Tobacco”, calling tobacco “hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain and dangerous to the lungs,”. Comparing its smoke to Hell – centuries before modern medicine said much the same.

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TIL that in 1604 King James wrote an anti-smoking essay, “A Counterblaste to Tobacco”, calling tobacco “hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain and dangerous to the lungs,”. Comparing its smoke to Hell – centuries before modern medicine said much the same.

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TIL that in 2013, NBA player Brian Scalabrine, who only averaged 3 points per game in his entire career, challenged 4 volunteers who criticized him over his bench role and claimed that they would beat him 1-on-1 in an organized event. Scalabrine won every game with a combined score of 44–6

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TIL that during the Irish Civil War, the Irish Free State government summarily executed many Republican prisoners, including eight men who were tied to a land mine that was then detonated.

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TIL about Sabbatai Zevi, a 17th-century cult leader and rabbi from the Ottoman Empire who claimed to be the Messiah. He even convinced people he had the ability to fly, but told them God didn’t think they were worthy enough to see him flying. He was nearly executed by the state

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