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TIL Lead makes humans sick because the body confuses it with calcium

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5VkB TIL that when the Apollo team jettisoned their lunar module, the collision caused “the entire Moon [to ring] like a gong, vibrating and resonating for almost an hour after the impact.”
Zp9dY TIL of Dr. Farrokhroo Parsa, physician, women's right's activist, and Pahlavi Iran's first female cabinet minister. She was executed for "prostitution" after the Islamic revolution: "I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled."
neyYG TIL Van Morrison was so upset at his record label for the crappy contract that he recorded 31 crappy songs on purpose to fulfill his contractual obligations. They weren't released until 2017 and only got out of his Bang Record contract when Bert Berns died of a heart attack.
OGlOY TIL After becoming deaf, Beethoven found that by connecting a metal rod to a piano and biting it, he could sense the instruments vibrations through his jawbone, enabling him to 'hear' his music
gMRMD TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was once accidentally set on fire while playing in a cricket match.