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TIL that Queen Elizabeth has met 12 US Presidents

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wp17 TIL New York tried to outlaw leaded gasoline back in the early 1920’s - before it was commonplace. However, the Federal Government sided with Big Oil, overruling the state’s decision.
Lj50 TIL a pizzeria was mobbed with customers, including some who traveled from out of state, when they started topping their pizzas with tinier slices of pizza.
P18dg TIL that Seretse Khama, former president of Botswana, managed to transform the poorest nation on earth into one of the fastest growing economies in the world
epngb TIL that the Codex Amiatinus, the oldest complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate, was produced in Northumbria (North-East England) in around 700 AD as a gift for Pope Gregory II
a8PdM TIL Aristotle supported infant exposure in ancient Greece, arguing deformed babies "shall not live." Unwanted kids (often girls or sickly) were left outdoors to die "naturally"—seen as less brutal than direct killing.