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TIL many brands of lipstick still contain large traces of lead

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16WJX TIL people older than 75 years who have cognitive abilities as good as someone in their 20s and 30s are called superagers. A lot of their superaging comes from life-long exercise, connection with nature, and life-long mental activities. Robert De Niro, Rusin Bond, and Dadi Bhagwani have superaged.
6E6jJ TIL of formicophilia, the sexual kink of being crawled upon or bitten by insects, specifically ants, or other small creatures (formica = ant, philia = love).
gRdy TIL of the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a violent conflict between two groups of chimpanzees, the Kasakela and the Kahama, in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, that lasted from 1974 to 1978.
Lk0QV TIL First Lady Edith Wilson was a direct descendant of Pocahontas, helped run the presidency after her husband's stroke, and attended JFK's inauguration at age 88
wmKo TIL a city in Wales installed pink LEDs to deter teenage loitering because it highlighted their acne