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TIL the lead poisoning rate in children in Cleveland is over double what it was at the hight of the crisis in Flint, Michigan. This is due largely not to contaminated water, but houses built with lead-containing paint that are not properly renovated.

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J1gmB TIL former dictator of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov ordered the closure of all libraries outside the capital in the belief that all Turkmen are illiterate.
pGg8 TIL Director, Robert Rodriguez was commissioned to video tape his high school’s football games but was promptly fired because he shot them “with a cinematic style, getting shots of parents’ reactions and the ball traveling through the air instead of shooting the whole play.”
Y7D1d TIL that "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond" is the first and currently only video game to win an Oscar. It won it in 2021 for "Colette", a short WWII documentary included in the game
oRALW TIL That Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and self made millionaire was banned from the Henley Regatta under the pretext that he was not a gentleman. He went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply "greetings from a bricklayer"
b664 TIL that when James French was executed by the electric chair in 1966, his last words were “How’s this for a headline? French fries.”