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TIL anyone aged 16 or older can use the Library of Congress

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j6A6Q TIL that they stopped putting missing children on milk cartons because the threat was largely overblown, was mostly ineffective, had no requirements for what missing meant, was emotionally disturbing to families, and was done mostly for the tax credits.
YYjG TIL in the 1900’s tampons were soaked in opium and belladonna to relieve pain and relax the vagina.
VMZP4 TIL in 1951 a 66 year old man wasn’t allowed to enter a 1800km (1118 miles) long bicykle race due to being to old. He showed up anyways and won the race by biking for days without sleep. He got the nickname ”Grandpa Steel”
Eg6Ww TIL the movements typically associated with Parkinson's Disease are actually a side effect of the medication Levodopa prescribed to increase dopamine and not PD itself; these movements are called dyskinesia, whereas PD causes stiffness, slowness and tremor
OGj1g TIL Red Foxx helped Pat Morita with the down payment of his home with no IOU but to pay it forward. Morita would later help a young man for the same amount, an upcoming comedian named Robin Williams.