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TIL that in America, even “lead-free pipes” can be up to 1/400 lead, and the limit was 8% lead up until two years ago

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wbEo TIL: The original Rambo 3 VHS release had in the end credits: “Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters”, later changed to “Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.”
DQnrg TIL although we live in a 3D world, we can only see 2 dimensions. The brain uses information about the difference between the 2 images from each eye to work out the third dimension which is depth.
7Aob TIL a man who passed himself off as Tiger Woods and went on a $17,000 shopping spree was sentenced to 200 years in prison.
GW7 TIL America’s first Muslim congressman was sworn in using Thomas Jefferson’s Koran
o60E TIL Architect Christopher Alexander advocates building street cafes in each neighborhood. “Encourage local cafes to spring up in each neighborhood. Make them intimate places, with several rooms, open to a busy path, where people can sit with coffee or a drink and watch the world go by.”