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01Midgley himself contracted lead poisoning in 1923 while demonstrating tetraethyl lead's safety to reporters.
02Blood lead levels in children fell 78% within a decade of the US leaded-gas phaseout in 1986.
03Midgley died in 1944 strangled by a pulley-and-rope device he invented to lift himself out of bed.

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01Hughes's personal aides maintained a written codeine injection schedule; the intervals were never allowed to exceed four hours.
02He acquired Air West, Summa Corporation, and multiple Las Vegas casinos during the peak years of his dependency.
03By 1970 Hughes weighed under 100 pounds; his business lawyers conducted negotiations they could not confirm he authorized.

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01Casartelli won gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; he died in the Tour just three years later.
02He struck a concrete drainage block on the descent; the impact fractured his skull fatally.
03His Motorola teammates rode stage 16 as a memorial procession, refusing to race, letting Lance Armstrong cross alone.

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01Two masked gunmen fired at least ten rounds; Anastasia lunged at his own reflection in the mirror, not the shooters.
02His bodyguard, Anthony Coppola, was sent away minutes before the shooting — never charged.
03The hit was approved by Vito Genovese to seize control from Anastasia's patron Frank Costello, reshaping the entire Commission.

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Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) [ clarification needed ]

01Hydrogen atoms are small enough to diffuse through solid steel at room temperature without any visible entry point.
02High-strength steels above 1,000 MPa yield strength are most vulnerable — the stronger the steel, the worse the risk.
03The 2013 San Francisco Bay Bridge bolt failures were caused by hydrogen embrittlement in A354 grade rods.

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01The Kanun was transmitted orally for centuries; it wasn't written down until Franciscan friar Shtjefën Gjeçovi compiled it in 1933.
02One article of the Kanun fixes the price of a man's blood at 'twelve oxen' — the base unit of honor debt.
03Dukagjini lived contemporaneously with Skanderbeg and reportedly feuded with him personally.

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01The Battle of Qadisiyyah in 636 AD ended four days of fighting with Rostam's death and Sasanian collapse.
02Persian legend records his sister, Gordafarid, donning armor and charging Arab lines upon hearing of his death.
03His defeat ended 400 years of Sasanian rule and opened Persia permanently to Islamic conquest.

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01At 18 days, the duck embryo has cartilage, a beak, and partially formed wings visible when cracked open.
02Balut is sold from street carts in Manila after dark, marketed as an aphrodisiac for around 15–20 Philippine pesos.
03Vietnamese balut (hot vit lon) is typically incubated longer — up to 21 days — producing a more developed fetus.

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01Abdulrahman was born in Denver, Colorado — an American citizen by birth, killed by American order.
02He had run away from home to find his father; he never made it back alive.
03White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested Abdulrahman should have 'had a more responsible father.'

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