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TIL About the 1993-4 Surgeon General, Dr Joycelyn Elders, a badass lady who was super ahead of her time, especially with her views on sex ed. Its a shame she was forced to resign...

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R7Lo1 TIL that in 1983, the citizens of 15 areas in and around Dallas voted to impose a 1% sales tax on themselves in order to fund the creation of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit. It is now the longest light rail network in the US
mxdxR TIL that babies shouldn't be given water when they're under 6 months old, because they need all their stomach space for milk/formula and its sweet, sweet nutrients.
rR8WM TIL that Space Shuttle Endeavour was built mostly of spare parts from Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis
D1WgD TIL the camera used to film Mary Poppins has never been successfully replicated. It's special prism could create "green screen" effects before modern green screens were invented, and is utterly unique.
80rG TIL Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician in Israel and anti WMD activist leaked a photograph to the British press of evidence Israel had nuclear weapons. He was later tracked by Mossad, drugged, bound, thrown in a bag and renditioned to Israel for trial.