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TIL Corelle's dishware before 2005 has very HIGH amounts of lead in it

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6MDw TIL the word “Guy” originates from Guy Fawkes, the guy who tried to blow up the British Parliament in 1605 and didn’t exist before that.
x5Yw TIL each year Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to “Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0”. They reply to every one.
Mg18 TIL that Peter the Great implemented a beard tax in hopes of modernizing Russia. People who payed the tax were given a token that said “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden”.
PYa8J TIL that Maya Angelou became San Francisco's first black streetcar conductor at age 16. When asked why she wanted the job, she replied, "I like the uniforms. I like people."
Z8GDa TIL the CIA requested that De Niro’s character not possess an intimidating array of agency torture manuals in the film 'Meet the Parents'.