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.

Lions in the wild live for around 12 years.

The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature.

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