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Today I learned 1950s book "Seduction of the Innocent" convinced many Americans that comic books cause juvenile delinquency

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kJPgE TIL that very few remains have been recovered from the Battle of Waterloo. This is because the remains were likely sold and used as fertiliser.
y8re TIL the longest word in English is the full chemical name of the protein titin (189,819 letters) - and there’s a 3.5hr long video of someone saying it aloud
wLy7Y TIL The German word "Hamsterkäufe" is a behaviour, where people accumulate food and supplies to prepare for shortages, thus often creating the shortages in the first place.
JkLB TIL of The Great Stink of London, where the smell of human shit in the River Thames was so bad that it halted parliament. 250 tons of limes were used to mask the odor.
J1QOQ TIL about the Derg, a Communist revolutionary group in Ethiopia responsible for abolishing the monarchy. The Derg are also responsible for wide spread famine during the 80s that started Live Aid (which fell into controversy as some of the NGOs were funneling money to Derg programs)