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TIL During WWI female munitions workers were nicknamed "Canary Girls" because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure turns the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a canary

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kJ4pB TIL about "Reporter's Privilege" which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources of information in court due to the delicate nature of their work that relies of secret information
oeno TIL that Hervé Villechaize, best known as the diminutive Nick Nack in ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’, helped deal with child abuse in the 70s and 80s, going to crime scenes to help comfort victims. He would often confront and chastise spousal and child abusers in person, despite standing only 3'11".
wLAQ1 TIL a Canadian man getting a rectal exam by his doctor at a hospital was observed by people he assumed were medical practitioners/med students. He sued the hospital and observers after learning the observers were two actors who play doctors on TV doing research for the TV series "Saving Hope."
NX5AP TIL that famed playwright Miguel Pinero whose play Short Eyes received six Tony nominations played the drug lord Calderon on Miami Vice
VnDk TIL that while serving in Cyprus, a British Army Lance Corporal named Billy Windsor head-butted another solder on parade in front of dignitaries from several nations. He was charged and demoted to Fusilier, but was later reinstated, with full mess privileges. Billy Windsor is a fucking goat.