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TIL Half of Adult Americans Were Exposed to Harmful Levels of Lead as Children, Causing An Average Estimated IQ Drop of More Than 2 Points

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R7RB1 TIL that SAS veteran Bob Curry used a sledgehammer to break a window of the Iranian Embassy in 1980 after an explosive charge failed to go off. He then (with the help of his team) rescued 25 of the 26 hostages held in the building.
oBmMR TIL Honey is the only food that doesnt go bad honey that was buried with the Pharoahs is still safe to eat
v4LR TIL - “Wierd” Al Yankovic was Valedictorian of his senior class, where he also founded the Volcano Worshippers club, “which did absolutely nothing. We started the club just to get an extra picture of ourselves in the yearbook.”
v10bB TIL Alexandre Dumas was only one-fourth black, from his paternal grandmother. His other three grandparents were white.
WkyJ8 TIL that the song "Christmas Eve (12/24 Sarajevo)", by the Trans Siberian Orchestra, tells the story of an elderly cellist returning to his war-torn home country. He played Christmas carols in the middle of town while the area was bombed by the Serbs.