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TIL tap water from ancient Rome likely contained up to 100 times more lead than local spring water. Some historians link fall of the Western Roman Empire to lead poisoning

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6MLZ TIL that the first documented case of child abuse was reported to an animal welfare organization, for lack of a better resource. Which means that animals had welfare rights in the US before children did.
neePd Some concern is beneficial but obsessing is often futile.
PYXde TIL that Ted Bundy was master of disguise. When he was arrested in Pensacola for driving a stolen vehicle, He spent several days in jail, and authorities were unable to figure out who he was, even though by this point, he was on the FBI’s Top Ten Fugitives list.
vEy4 TIL that the disease you are avoiding by washing your new clothes before wearing is cancer. Many clothes are treated with formaldehyde during production to prevent wrinkles and mustiness before being sold.
D1RGD TIL Big Bang Theory character Leonard Hofstadter was named after Robert Hofstadter; an American physicist who jointly won a Nobel Prize in Physics.