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TIL my uncle was my dad

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JXQj TIL The Cuyahoga River was so polluted it actually caught on fire. 13 fires later the gov’t was spurred onto to create the Clean Water Act and the EPA
5YBWQ TIL that A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by the real-life events of Cambodian men who suffered from PTSD and died of fright from their vivid nighmares
OGgZ6 TIL In 2018, the president of Turkmenistan ordered the impounding of all dark-colored vehicles in the capital, and the car owners were told they must pay to have them repainted silver or white, because the-then president loved the color white & considered it to be lucky.
DNmY TIL Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang was not allowed to bring reindeer jerky with him on board a shuttle mission as it was “weird” for the Americans so soon before Christmas. He had to go with moose instead.
oQjL TIL that a New Orleans restaurant has been owned by the same family since 1840. Antoine’s, famous for Oyster Rockefeller and Baked Alaska, has had five generations of the family run it, and a sixth is preparing to take over. It is the US’s oldest continuously family-run restaurant.