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

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WPBX TIL, that for restaurants to get on a highway exit sign, they must operate continuously for 12 hours a day and six days per week. In addition, restaurants on the service signs must be within six miles of the highway, and offer 24 seats for patrons, a public bathroom, and a public telephone.
eN8D TIL that blowing smoke up your ass used to be a common cure for many ailments
j6pWN TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military conducted “Operation Popeye,” a cloud-seeding operation to extend the monsoon season – The goal was to disrupt enemy supply lines by creating heavy rains.
eoZb TIL that a 12 year old lied about his age and Enlisted in the US Navy during WW2. He became a decorated war hero by 13.
rNrgy TIL that Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine won the Ivy League Battle of the Bands with Carolyn Bertozzi, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, on the keyboards