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TIL air fresheners contain numerous chemicals hazardous to our health, such as Formaldehyde, and can cause severe respitory problems.

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1a0JX TIL that the original Honda CR-V included a folding picnic table
9BYG TIL that in the 19th Century, Americans purposely filled their parks with squirrels for entertainment purposes. They were rarely found outside of the forest beforehand.
wa7Y TIL Isaac Newton was so obsessed with turning base metal to gold that samples of his hair showed mercury levels up to 40 times higher than average. This is considered to be the reason he went mad in his later years.
low9K TIL that Ancient Greek & Roman statues weren’t originally white but were once painted in vivid, bright colours
8RXa TIL that there is a guy who ran 50 marathons in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days.