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

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1abe4 TIL of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitos. A third of cases (2/year) die, and many survivors suffer permanent brain damage. It was first recognized in MA in 1831 when it killed 75 horses.
Brloy TIL Dave Grohl does not know how to read music, and plays only by ear
4Xmga TIL... The dumbo octopus looks like the Disney elephant and uses it's ear-like flaps to swim.
RyG4 TIL That a North Carolina town banned solar panels for fear it will “suck up all the energy from the sun”
waBM TIL advocating removal of the monarchy in the UK is officially punishable by life imprisonment.