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TIL that the ban of leaded gasoline is believed to have been a major cause for falling violent crime rates in the United States

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radd TIL there’s an issue of Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane where Lois becomes black for 24 hours in order to experience racism.
rRvG0 TIL, the book "death by starvation", written by Hegesias of Cyrene, a philosopher who believed that life was futile and advocated for suicide, was so influential that it convinced a number of people to kill themselves. Subsequently, Hegesias was banned from teaching in Alexandria
KYmYR TIL about MSGT John Chapman, and the controversial decisions leading up, and following his posthumous award of the MOH. Particularly the decisions made by the navy seals and the MOH museum. One of the seals he saved was also awarded the medal, serves on the museum board, and has his own exhibit.