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TIL many brands of lipstick still contain large traces of lead

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Yp7Lv TIL that the finger wrinkling happening when in contact with water is triggered by an autonomic nervous response
8aLNV TIL that in September 1332 Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne, was attacked in the night by Scots rebels and narrowly escaped by riding bareback, naked from the waist down, all the way from Annan to Carlisle (about 18 miles).
j6Mpa TIL Chad Butler, aka the rapper Pimp C, studied classical music in school and received a Division I rating on a tenor solo at a UIL choir competition. His stepdad taught him to read music, influencing him to incorporate more musical instruments into his rap songs over the course of his career
jNPAN TIL that the original name for gasoline was Cazeline, named after marketer James Cassel. A shopkeeper in Dublin sold counterfeit Cazeline and replaced the “C” in the name with a “G,” thus coining the name “gazeline.”
N7ZwE TIL: Black US troops were welcome in Britain in WW2, but the US military's attempt to initiate segregation led to a shootout.