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TIL Zhang Shuhong was a Chinese businessman who committed suicide after toys made at his factory for Fisher-Price (a division of Mattel) were found to contain lead paint

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KBgR TIL when Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, reporters asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.”
rRJnM TIL Ontario premier Doug Ford was the brother of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
PJvE TIL that the New London, CT police department was sued when it refused to hire an applicant it judged too smart to be a police officer.
NXGk8 TIL that Neil Degrasse Tyson recorded the WTC attacks on 9/11. He caught the second plane strike, and both collapses.
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