• TimeSquirrel
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    2 years ago

    Leaded gasoline wasn’t fully phased out in the US until 1996, not sure about other countries. The millennial age bracket starts somewhere around the birth year 1982.

    Fun fact: it’s still used in piston aircraft.

    Edit: sorry, that’s not very fun.

    • @b000rg@midwest.social
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      112 years ago

      NASCAR didn’t switch to unleaded gasoline until 2007, and test scores went up in the areas surrounding their racetracks in the following years.

    • @gnate@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      This made me reconsider the foundations of the high crime rates in the neighborhoods nearest the very busy small plane airport in my home town.