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TiL Reuters found 3,810 U.S. areas with lead poisoning double Flint’s

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nWElP TIL the first elevator shaft was built in The Cooper Union - four years before the first passenger elevator was even built
w6ZJ TIL that Charles Darwin didn’t refer to evolution (“evolve”) in his book, “Origin of Species”, until the very last sentence so that potentially outraged Christians would either lose interest and stop reading before finding it, or be forced to read the evidence first.
78RmX TIL the chirping sound pigeons make when they fly is actually caused by their wings.
pYJYQ Today I learned that People did not know how many sequels some older book series have. Did you know Oz is 14 books long?
N7L81 TIL that Jason Weaver, who supplied young Simba’s singing voice in the Lion King (1994), turned down a $2 million upfront payment and instead negotiated with Disney for $100k + royalties (thanks to his mom). Royalties have netted him well over $2 million since.