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TIL that the second largest nuclear spill in world history happened in the U.S. in Navajo Nation

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awdMy TIL Brenda Vaccaro's 1980 Playtex Ad was infamous for her loud inhalations. Producers pulled the ad, took out her breathing, and re-released the ad, showing her taking breaths even though you could not hear them. It resulted in SCTV famously spoofing the Ad and the ad being pulled entirely.
P1bJn TIL there has never been a case of fentanyl overdose through skin contact or accidental inhalation by police that was confirmed by toxicology reports. Police coming into contact and reporting getting an accidental overdose were actually psychologically induced: panic attack vs. opioid overdose.
M7xK7 TIL that the oldest English recipe for an Indian-style curry dates to 1758
epkjg TIL When water gets into Diesel fuel, e.g. from condensation, bacteria and fungi can grow in it and clog fuel filters or damage engines
grY5X TIL that in January 1917, German Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent a coded telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico to try and persuade Mexico to attack the US. The British intercepted and decoded it, then forwarded to the US. That telegram was a big factor in the US entering World War I.