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TIL Asbestos was never fully banned in the United States.

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gAob TIL Playboy’s circulation reached its peak at 7 million in 1972, down to about 1.5 million today
6Er1w TIL that Black Sabbath’s multi-platinum masterpiece, Master Of Reality, was released July 21, 1971.
jA8X TIL that 2% of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge survive the fall. One man even jumped off for “fun”.
lO7a TIL 16-term Congressman Barney Frank was openly gay since 1987 but kept his atheism a secret till he left office because in politics, it’s harder to come out as atheist
b5Ea TIL that in the elections for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 1988 the population was so unhappy with politicians, that a well-known monkey of the local zoo received over 400k votes.