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TIL that the rate of teens having sex has declined dramatically in the past 3 decades, while the average age of exposure to porn is now about 8 years old

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LkRE0 TIL about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a series of nuclear reactors and processing labs with a history of meltdowns and fires that resulted in radiological releases 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The incident in 1959 was so bad they opened control room loading doors to vent contamination.