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TIL that working in a slaughterhouse is associated with an increased risk to have a mental health disorder and committing sexual offences.

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awMMM TIL after the Ku Klux Klan successfully fought to sponsor a portion of a freeway in Missouri in 2001, the state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
4Maa TIL Scientists took advantage of the three-day flight ban over the US after 9/11 to conduct experiments on the effect on the atmosphere of jet planes. They found the days were a little warmer and the nights cooler, suggesting that the exhaust trails planes leave in the sky act like clouds.
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KObww TIL Marvel's near collapse led to dominance. In The 90’s they desperately sold film rights to their characters for operating capital. A few hits(Blade & X-Men) led studios to consider the comic movie viable. Failure by most caused many of the rights to return to Marvel, who created Marvel Studios.