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TIL Colorado’s Department of Transportation regularly shuts down one of its major interstates on sunny mornings due to extreme sun glare

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Y7E0r TIL Maintaining good health through exercise and proper nutrition can lower your risk of needing a long-term catheter as you age, since poor overall health is a key factor linked to catheter use.
W4BB TIL When invented in 1840s, some people criticized anesthesia as a “needless luxury”
D1nKg TIL that the NYC government intentionally cheated on lead tests in public schools, leading to false passing grades and allowing millions of children to drink water laced with lead and heavy metals for years and years (they continue to drink contaminated water to this day).
0wlB5 TIL of the conman Anthony Gignac, who posed a Saudi prince for decades conning 8 million dollars from investors. He was exposed when potential investors saw him eat pork.
wL6vo TIL that there is a “micro-generation” between Gen-X and Millennials called “Xennials” AKA “The Oregon Trail Generation.”