Children born aftter 1996 have a higher IQ than previous generations

...since Unleaded gasoline was banned in 1996.

This explains MAGA to some extent

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Did you know that immediately following the ban on leaded gasoline, incidences of violence in America took a sharp downturn? Go figure. People stopped bashing each other when they stopped inhaling lead at the pumps.

TrashCat · M

@LordShadowfire Exactly! Lead or to be precise, tetraethyl, did signigicant damage to the environment and humans in a relatively short time.
Lead from gasoline blunted the IQ of about half the U.S. population. Exposure to the poison cost people born before 1996 several IQ points on average.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@TrashCat I wonder what my IQ would have been if I had never been exposed to it?

TrashCat · M

@LordShadowfire Not sure aout you, but I wouldn't be such a fungi 😃