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TIL many brands of lipstick still contain large traces of lead

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776p TIL that in 1978, Jefferson Starship had to cancel a German concert because Grace Slick was too drunk, causing the crowd to riot. They performed the next day, but she was so drunk that she groped female audience members and taunted the crowd for losing WWII. The following day, she quit the band.
08Nv TIL Czech slave laborers during WWII put notes instead of explosives in the anti-aircraft shells they were forced to manufacture.
D9Le TIL that during the first Gulf War, the Iraqi military would dispense propaganda pamphlets and radio spots aimed at US soldiers that said that while they were in Iraq fighting “their wives were in bed with Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, and Bart Simpson” back at home…
KPYR TIL that due to the inclusion of a leap day and two leap seconds, 1972 is the longest year in history.
OBle TIL there is a 12,000 year old structure, 7,000 years older than mesopotamia, being excavated in Turkey.