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TIL that doctors in England called for the banning of pointed kitchen knives.

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Ajad TIL that California’s GDP is $2.5 trillion, meaning it has the 6th largest economy in the world. Canada’s, for example, is only $1.5 trillion.
grYwX TIL Roosevelt was the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms, before the official implementation of term limits
mxg1v TIL Roddy Piper improvised the "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.... and I'm all out of bubblegum," line from They Live. John Carpenter told Roddy that he wasn't gonna rob the bank, but he was holding a shotgun and wearing sunglasses, so he needed to say something.
loyxB TIL that asbestos is not banned in the United States. A proposed ban was shot down by the 5th circuit court in 1991 because the cost was between $450 and $800 million and would only save around "200 lives in a 13 year timeframe".
MGMA TIL that, due to the Napoleonic Wars, the capital of Portugal was moved from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro for thirteen years.