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TIL: Lead is still a major pollutant and are largely being recycled under dangerous conditions by largely extremely poor populations.

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eeD5 TIL that Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, saw his friend get decapitated by a supply drop in World War 2. This event would give him inspiration in many of his scripts and stories.
QNGwX TIL about “Dancing Mania”, a social phenomenon in Europe which involved outbreaks of up to thousands of people dancing erratically. Participants suddenly became violent at the color red, and would sometimes dance for days, or even to death.
rx80 TIL that in 1980 an oil rig accidentally drilled into salt mine under the lake causing the freshwater lake to drain down the mine. As of the result of this, nearby canal water reversed its direction causing permanent damage to the nearby ecosystem.
QJZx9 TIL Brazil suffered from Hyperinflation in the 1980s-1990s
XEDr6 TIL that a nursing home in Germany used a fake bus stop outside their facility to keep their patients from trying to escape