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TIL asbestos in the United States has not been banned and is totally legal. When the Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban it, supporters of the asbestos industry actually overturned the ban in a lawsuit. It is still widely used in products to this day.

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R7Od9 TIL that the earliest recordable instance of a chokeslam technique was a move made by President Abraham Lincoln.
R50NQ TIL that the massive sound pollution of, say, pile-driving underwater to build bridges can be dramatically reduced with "air bubble curtains," to the point that fish which would have been killed by the shockwaves before are no longer affected
QJnd6 TIL there are more fried chicken restaurants in Korea than there are McDonalds and Subways (combined) globally
5YKDr TIL the US military tried to develop a "gay bomb" that would use an aphrodisiac chemical to cause enemy troops to have strong homosexual feelings, which was supposed to damage morale and discipline in a non-lethal way.
OooZR TIL: You are not supposed to center your food in the microwave