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TIL in May 1980, after blood tests found a significant portion of Love Canal residents suffered chromosome damage from toxic waste buried under their homes, homeowners, upset over lack of federal action, held two EPA officials hostage. This action spurred the federal Superfund program to be passed.

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oBYR7 TIL that Richard Nixon's daughter, Julie, ended up marrying Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandson, David, in 1968. They had 3 children and are still married to this day.
LQvkP TIL chainsaws were invented in the late 1700s for assisting in childbirth (cutting through the woman's pelvis if the baby got stuck).
R5aPQ TIL there's a dangerous constipation 'folk remedy' that involves putting a live eel in the digestive tract
16k4O TIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.
P1JnE TIL AC/DC's 27x platinum album "Back in Black" is one of the best-selling albums in history, although it never reached the top spot on the American charts.