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TIL the proper term for removing personal protective equipment is “doffing”

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XE6Rj TIL: Switzerland is famous for their strict neutrality, however Sweden has been neutral for as long as Switzerland. Switzerland fought their last war in 1815, Sweden in 1814. Neither are members of NATO nor participated in either World War.
16rj7 TIL the Disney movie - ‘A Bug’s Life’ - is actually based on the Aesop Fable ‘The ant and the grasshopper.’
9JNm TIL ‘Chum’ is actually fish bait, which are usually fish guts, parts, fluid, bones and blood. Which is why in SpongeBob, nobody eats 'Chum’, because they are non-cannibalistic fish. However, Patrick can eat chum because he’s a starfish. Starfish 'feed on dead fish’.
09AN TIL if an “hourglass” measures any time other than an hour, it is actually called a “clepsammia.”
XEdWj TIL about the Sony BMG rookit which infected millions of computers. Sony BMG initially denied that the software was harmful, but it couldn't easily be uninstalled, and created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware.