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TIL Asbestos was never fully banned in the United States.

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ADQ8w TIL "Adam" is just the Hebrew word for "man"
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wRoJ TIL that Iqbal Masih was sold into bondage by his debt-ridden family aged four and escaped when he was 10, after which he went to school and helped 3,000 other Pakistani children escape bonded labor. A symbol of child labor in the developing world, he was shot and killed in 1995, aged only 12.
WWeA TIL When Marquis de Lafayette died, President Jackson ordered that he receive the same memorial honors bestowed on Washington’s death. Both Houses of Congress were draped in black bunting for 30 days.