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TIL there is no FDA limit on lead in lipstick. The amount of lead has risen at an alarming rate since 2000.

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17d7 TIL You have the right to resist an unlawful arrest, upto and including the killing of an arresting officer. And this right has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
PY6aZ TIL in 1984 javelin thrower Uwe Hohn threw a distance of 104.8m and became the first and only athlete in history to break the 100m barrier. Shortly afterwards some changes in the design of javelins were implemented and the records had to be restarted, turning his mark into an "eternal world record".
KYEBa TIL: an Italian former porn star, Carlo Masi, quit porn to do research in applied mathematics, got his PhD, taught real analysis, became a professor, and then got sacked for being a former porn star. He sued and won against the university.
pkDb TIL in 1964 the FBI attempted to blackmail Martin Luther King Jr. into suicide by threatening to make public his sexual indiscretions.
781gb TIL: Due to animals not being sufficient enough, humans were experimented on by the medical team of the Manhattan Project. Civilians nationwide were injected radioactive elements in secrecy. The experiment only became public in the 1990s after all the test subjects died. Their families got money.