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

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gME8b TIL JFK's father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, "set a thief to catch a thief." Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.
KYODw TIL that blood cells are developed inside our bones.
bGLa TIL that a man played a game of Civilization II for 10 years resulting in a never ending nuclear war between the player and two AI causing the world to become a ‘hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation’.
gMEE4 TIL of Lucy Ann Johnson, a woman who disappeared in September 1961. Her husband reported her missing in 1965, and he was suspected of her murder. In 2013, Johnson was found alive. She said that she had left because her husband had been abusive.
Wa4A TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television.