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TIL that Richard Branson sued the NHS in 2017

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Y77xW TIL that Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
groAA TIL: In Bangladesh, lead compounds have been added to turmeric to make it more yellow. This is believed to have started in the 1980s and continues as of 2019. It is believed to be one of the main sources of high lead levels in the country.
9wvVD TIL "Wacky WallWalkers" were a fad in the early 1980s. The toys were molded out of a sticky elastomer and shaped similar to a spider. When one was thrown against a wall, it would then "walk" its way down. Over 240 million were sold. They were also free in specially marked boxes of cereals.
b9jO9 TIL that rubber, the material, got its name on 1770 when Joseph Priestley noted that a piece was extremely good for rubbing off pencil marks on paper.
1aQRD TIL Botum Sakor is the largest national park of Cambodia. Only very little on-location research has been done and published on the biodiversity of the area so far and no scientific investigation has ever been carried out for the remote interior of the park. The human population is unknown