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TIL For decades the lead industry successfully blamed parents (specifically minorities) for child lead poisoning

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DQe1v TIL the oldest active missing person case in the US is over 95 yrs old. 73 yo Marvin Clark, who on HALLOWEEN weekend in 1926 departed his Tigard, OR home to meet his daughter in Portland. A John Doe body was later found between the 2 cities in 1986 but DNA testing in 2018 determined it was not him.
ep7k TIL The US’s teen pregnancy rate is not only the highest in the world, but also 16 times higher then the country directly below it (Poland).
WK9N TIL that to produce black widow spider antivenom, horses are injected with black widow spider venom, then bled and antibodies are extracted.
E5jV TIL of Eagle Stadium, a $60 million high school football stadium in Allen TX. The project was highly controversial, considering that the money could have paid 120 teacher salaries for a decade.
jKPE TIL Dolphins deliberately ‘get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins, chewing and passing them around.