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CEOs of 7 major tobacco corporations testifying under oath that nicotine does NOT cause addiction in 1994

All 7 quit their jobs by 1996.

  • William Campbell, CEO of Phillip Morris went on to have leadership positions with Citigroup, Visa International, then JPMorgan Chase. He currently serves as President of Sanoch Management, “a consulting and investment vehicle for financial companies, start-ups, and venture capital firms.”

  • James Johnston, chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Now works as chairman of the board for Snyder’s-Lance.

  • Joseph Taddeo, President of US Tobacco, is now a chairman for Jupiter Medical Center.

  • Andrew Tisch, CEO of Lorillard Tobacco Company, became co-chair of its parent company Loews Corporation, after the death of his father. It is a holding company involved in hotels, oil, and insurance.

  • Edward Horrigan Jr., CEO of Liggett Group Inc. retired. He died last year at 91.

  • Thomas Sandefur Jr., CEO of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. Retired in 1995, then died in 1996 in the hospital at 56. He had aplastic anemia.

  • Donald Johnston, CEO of American Tobacco Company. Left the company before it was bought out by British American Tobacco plc. at the end of 1994, but I can’t find what he did after that.

 

How To Become The Best Version Of Yourself

how to become the best version of yourself

(photo: @sir_moon)

1) Love yourself

You deserve the best. You should strive for your potential – the most fulfilled version of yourself – and that potential is virtually limitless. This is the single most important mindset to adopt, as it serves as a foundation for literally everything else. It’s not a case of arrogance or entitlement, but in the sense that you would want the best for a family member of SO that you deeply love.

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She Played Marcia on The Brady Bunch. See Maureen McCormick Now at 66 – Ned Hardy

If you dog has bad anxiety, this weighted jacket helps comfort and calm your dog in anxiety provoking situations – Amazon

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Review – Marvel Goes Big in Phase 5 Kick-Off – Den of Geek

The 2023 Works Of Wonder List – Architectural Digest

Creating An Authentic Introvert Dating Profile: Examples And Tips – Knowledge For Men

Turkey earthquake: Girl survives 10 days under quake rubble – BBC

Inmate Froze To Death After Guards Put Him In A Walk-In Freezer At An Alabama Jail – Worldstar

Founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite meme stock frenzy, sues Reddit – Reuters

CEO Pay Was Up 21% in 2022. These Are the Most Overpaid CEOs, According to a Shareholder Advocacy Group – Time

3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history – NPR

He Played Young Forrest In Forrest Gump. See Michael Conner Humphreys Now at 37 – Ned Hardy

What is the Median Income in the U.S? – Of Dollars And Data

Why Everyone Should Travel Solo – Thrillist

6 things people do around the world to slow down – Ideas

SEC charges Do Kwon, Terraform with fraud in connection with Terra collapse – CNBC

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Creator Bill Watterson Returns With an ‘Illustrated Fable for Grown-Ups’ – Mental Floss

Zelda 2 was Nintendo at its best: unpredictable – Polygon

So You’re the Only Dog at a House Party: 5 Ways To Escape Socially Awkward Losers – The Hard Times

Hacker Uncovers How to Turn Traffic Lights Green With Flipper Zero – The Drive

A brief history of the Pentagon’s efforts to track and identify UFOs – Task and Purpose

 

19 Fascinating Movie Details You Probably Didn’t Notice Before

In Titanic, there is a scene showing a boy playing with a spinning top on deck. This is actually a recreation of a real photo taken onboard the ship on April 11th, 1912 by Francis Browne. It shows 1st Class passenger Frederic Spedden and his 6 year old son Douglas. Both survived the sinking.

How did the camera survive?

Titanic had two stops on her voyage, one in Cherbourg, France and the other in Queenstown (now called Cobh), Ireland. Francis Browne, the photographer, left the ship in Queenstown and didn’t continue the voyage to New York.

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Taylor Schabusiness

Mugshot of Taylor Schabusiness – She allegedly decapitated a man during sex and continued to perform sexual acts on his dead body and mutilated his corpse with a bread knife, then put his severed head and penis in a bucket and other body parts in a crock pot.

Police interviewed Schabusiness and asked her what happened. She replied, “That is a good question.” Schabusiness said she and the victim were together all day Tuesday and had been smoking meth. After they arrived at the Stony Brook home, they were having sex and incorporated chains. Schabusiness said she blacked out during part of it but just went “crazy” and started strangling the victim.

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How To Make Sure You Actually Complete The Goals You Start

(photo: @tegan)

I think we all know “making” a commitment is pretty easy, Anyone can start a business, a new habit, a band, etc. Sticking with it, even when things don’t go as planned, that’s the hard part, and that’s the part that makes hundreds of people quit their dreams and goals every single day.

This is why today I want to share with you 6 tips I learned about making these commitments actually work, and even if you may not like hearing this, why in some cases you SHOULD quit.

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Linkage

‘Can You Get High Without Drugs? I Tried Six Ways’ – VICE

Whatever Happened to Josh Saviano, ‘Paul’ From The Wonder Years? – Ned Hardy

Tongue scraping should be part of everyones oral hygiene regiment. Once you scrape off and see all the brown gunk that sits on your tongue you’ll understand why – Amazon

Ohio train derailment: Rail firm pulls out of meeting with residents – BBC

Guy starts fight with skateboarders, doesnt end well – Reddit

Ranked: America’s Best Places to Work in 2023 – Visual Capitalist

How to Be Mentally Tough Without Sacrificing Emotional Intelligence – Fast Co

How Rust went from a side project to the world’s most-loved programming language – MIT

How to Answer “What Are Your Salary Expectations?” – HBR

Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years – Bloomberg

ChatGPT Is A Robot Con Artist, And We’re Suckers For Trusting It – Business Insider

Heartbroken gamers mourn World of Warcraft’s shutdown in China: 3 million players — some of whom made their living on WoW — are now without their beloved pastime – Rest of World

Put this mini-light on your keychain. It’s the size of a quarter and is super useful when your fumbling around in the dark – Amazon

Bruce Willis Diagnosed With Dementia – Variety

Raquel Welch: a life in pictures – The Guardian

Watch out for these 4 bad behaviors that lead to divorce, says marriage expert – Fortune

Five Guys vs. In-N-Out: Chefs Sound Off on the Clear Winner for Best Burger – Eat This Not That

Forgotten Sketches By Leonardo Da Vinci Suggest That He Understood Gravity Decades Before Newton – All That’s Interesting