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TIL many brands of lipstick still contain large traces of lead

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n8O9 TIL Mohammed himself made a charter that ordered Muslims to protect Christians until the end of the world.
P1ejJ TIL in 1794, the French government decided to remove the lead roof tiles of Basilica of St. Denis and melt them down to make bullets.
rgAM TIL: President James A. Garfield’s killer Charles J. Guiteau bought a revolver with an Ivory grip over a cheaper wooden grip because he thought it would look better as a museum piece after the Assassination.
VMWoZ TIL about "tripwire forces", small deterrent military forces stationed on allied foreign soil that cannot be avoided during an invasion
vPXox TIL of Ye's Optical Lattice Clock. It loses one second every 15 billion years, making it the world's most accurate clock.