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TIL because it is easily inhaled, baby powder is not recommended by pediatricians for use on babies.

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R700w TIL that the wood of Lignum Vitae is so hard and dense that the bearings of the drive shaft for the the nuclear powered USS Nautilus are made from it.
K5BJ TIL in 1825, John Quincy Adams was inaugurated on a book of law, not a Bible. The tradition of using a Bible was only documented for George Washington and presidents following Tyler.
rjw TIL that Summer was considered a bad time to release a movie in the theater because of low sales until Steven Spielberg’s JAWS.
rN7yy TIL that Agent Orange has afflicted three million Vietnamese people, at least 150,000 of whom were born with severe birth abnormalities. Between 1961 and 1971, U.S. forces sprayed a class of color-coded herbicides across Vietnam's rural environment, including Agent Orange, to damage food crops.
xVj0g TIL about Bass Reeves. 1838 – 1910 The first black deputy Marshall west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma territory. During his long career, he was credited with arresting more than 3,000 felons (including his own son). He shot and killed 14 outlaws.