Silly Facts Database - 27
The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary 'I quit smoking tobacco.' He died one month later.
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One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
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Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
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In the US there are more TV sets than telephones.
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Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
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