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TIL there are thousands of U.S. areas affected by high levels of lead that are worse than Flint, Michigan

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yBLa TIL that there is in fact gravity at the international space station. So much so that someone that weighs 100 lbs on earth would weigh 90 on the station. The reason they float isn’t due to a lack of gravity, but rather because the astronauts are in a perpetual free fall.
WNvL TIL a dog who lost his legs when he was attacked by a group of boys became a therapy dog for amputees
ELpX TIL that Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest
VLd4 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger once went to military prison because he went AWOL in order to compete in Junior Mr. Europe.
e0ePk TIL that a mass grave was found in Ireland containing the bones of 796 infants.