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TIL Einstein mused that he would have liked to have been a plumber, and promptly was awarded honorary membership in the plumbers’ union

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OxnX TIL that, in July 1996, a British nursery teacher saved a classroom of children from an attacker with a machete. She was awarded with the George Medal, the second-highest honour that a civilian can receive, the following year.
dMvE TIL Under Indonesian labor law, women “are not obliged to come to work on the first and second day of menstruation”
l7jWa Today I learned about Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes', a system of triggers that detonated an explosion of lead balls if the coffin lid was opened after burial, to deter grave robbers.
5YOln TIL In 1990 Sinéad O'Connor refused to give a concert in New Jersey, because the organizers insisted on playing the American National Anthem before her act. Frank Sinatra then threatened to "kick her in the ass" and New Jersey prohibited her from ever singing in that concert hall again.
wawo TIL that the USS Constitution, which was launched in 1797, is currently the only US ship in active service that has sunk an enemy vessel.