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TIL upon being told he couldn't go to Disneyland due to security concerns, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev went berserk. He said afterwards, "Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken hold of the place that can destroy me?” Khrushchev left LA the next morning.

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7W47 TIL that the Romans decided it was a good idea to put lead in everything, and consequently had severe cases of lead poisoning.
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