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TIL Pencils have always used graphite for writing, the danger during the 1950’s and before came from the lead based paint on the pencil

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oO0Y TIL that Christopher Lee reads the Lord of the Rings trilogy at least once per year.
aVZZ TIL Dr. Bernice Eddy warned the NIH that the polio vaccines they were about to release contained live polio virus. They ignored her and released the vaccine anyway, and as a result 40,000 children developed polio. The NIH director who dismissed Dr. Eddy then resigned.
X0YGQ TIL about the Karpman Drama Triangle. Turns out we often get stuck in it without even realizing. We are switching between victim, rescuer and persecutor depending on the situation and people around us. The point is to learn how to step out of the triangle entirely.
KYJDR TIL that the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
l71wK TIL: In 1982 Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em was released on Atari. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.