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TIL approximately 62.5 percent of the 24,000 chemicals added to the TSCA inventory since 1982 cannot be “meaningfully identified by the public” because their names are claimed as “trade secrets.” If a chemical’s identity is not known, it is very difficult, if not impossible to monitor human exposure

xV8Gw TIL that in the aftermath of a car crash that had killed 5 people, two similar looking blond girls were mistaken for one another. One girl was buried and mourned, while the other was hospitalised but unable to communicate due to her injuries. Five weeks later, the mistake was realised.
8aXlZ TIL that, in 1922, Governor of Indiana Warren McCray was offered $10,000 to allow the Ku Klux Klan to become chartered, but refused, the Klan later claimed he was involved in mail fraud, causing McCray to be found guilty and serve three years in prison, when he was paroled and later given a pardon
P1Q5Z TIL that 'The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening was a fan of 'Beavis and Butt-head' because "it took the heat off of Bart Simpson being responsible for the downfall of western civilization".
JYnbk TIL: The FBI investigated Bigfoot and publically released all of their records
5Rg8 TIL that slaves were forbidden from owning drums, as they were used to communicate. New Orleans was the only city where slaves could legally own them. Hundreds of slaves were allowed to gather each Sunday to trade, sing, dance, and play music. This led to the birth of Jazz.