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TIL that Talcum Powder (baby powder) is a Probable human carcinogen, the same classification as lead

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Z8Wbo TIL the second biggest city in Greece accidentally discovers “yet another” archeological site every time they try to complete building the metro station.
OoeAe TIL conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was exiled from the U.S.S.R. for supporting Democracy. When he returned in 1990, he closed his first performance in the Moscow Conservator with “The Stars and Stripes Forever” to great ovation
78Dpp TIL that Charlie Cox failed an audition for the Han Solo film because he got used to not making eye contact while playing Daredevil.
R7QOj TIL that scientists speculate Caesarian Sections are changing human evolution. A new study suggests that an increasingly common reason women undergo C-sections is because their pelvis is too narrow, this number is up 10-20% from the 1960s.
Yp1Qr TIL that during WW2 Churchill arranged for the four grandsons of former UK Premier David Lloyd-George to travel home from active service to attend his funeral.