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TIL that the "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality."

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nenQo TIL A review of decades of research shows children of same-sex couples are doing just as well as kids of heterosexual couples across a number of wellbeing measures, including academic performance, cognitive development, social development, and psychological health.
raMw TIL that Al Gore’s father once proposed, in Congress, “something cataclysmic” be done to end the Korean War. His suggestion involved creating a radiation belt on the 38th parallel using atomic bombs to turn the border of North and South Korea into a permanent toxic wasteland.
7r5gM TIL former President Harry S. Truman started his mornings with a 5 a.m. shot of Old Grand-Dad bourbon that — in Truman’s words — 'got the engine running.' He accompanied his morning whiskey fix with toast, eggs, bacon, and milk.
x6Bao TIL I learned that Mexico, which abolished slavery in 1837, refused the United States’ request to return escaped slaves back up north. Between 3,000 to 5,000 runaway slaves would flee to Mexico.
4VBN TIL, Ancient Greeks and Romans used asbestos to make fire retardant materials so they could be cleaned by throwing them into the fire. Pliny the Elder noted that people who had contact with asbestos-containing materials acquired “sickness of the lungs.”