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TIL scientist Claire Patterson spent over 20 years trying to convince the public that lead was poison.

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rRPge TIL that Elton John was considered for the role of Harold in the 1971 film Harold and Maude. The director also wanted him to do the soundtrack, which ended up being composed by Cat Stevens.
QJExM TIL Seattle’s first openly-gay bar, Shelly’s Leg, was founded using settlement money after Shelly, a dancer, lost her leg in a glitter cannon accident at a Bastille Day parade.
7AXp TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the mile high club. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolate, champagne, a curtain and 1 VERY DISCREET PILOT
RXgQ TIL the Roman Emperor Vespasian hated philosophers, seeing them as “unmanly complainers who talked too much.” One philosopher was banished to an island and still criticized Vespasian, so the Emperor sent a message: “You are doing everything to force me to kill you, but I do not slay a barking dog.”
b6yK9 TIL Baby Blue (Badfinger song, the one from Breaking Bad's last scene) was written about a lady called Dixie Armstrong, whom Pete Ham really liked.