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TIL along with Denmark and Luxembourg, British teeth are the healthiest in the world

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P11EO TIL During WWII the US navy kept two aircraft carriers positioned in the Great Lakes
7W7P TIL Sean Connery gave an interview in 1987 defending his opinion that there are times when it’s appropriate to slap a woman.
91nD TIL Arkansas landlords don’t have to maintain properties and tenant can be jailed for being one day late with rent.
1NWP TIL that “Somewhere over the Rainbow” was initially deleted from the Wizard of Oz movie, but associate producer Arthur Freed and Roger Edens persuaded the producers to keep it in. It was picked by RIAA as the #1 Song of the 20th Century and by AFI as the Greatest Movie Song Ever.
KOYJQ An extraordinary collection of images from Burns Archive shows the extent to which gas masks were promoted as an essential part of everyday life in the early 20th century. It had been 20 years since the end of World War I, when chlorine gas—and, later, mustard gas—had first been used. The estimates of total casualties from this form of chemical warfare are staggering: 88,000 dead and 1,200,000 injured. With war once again on the horizon, Britain and continental Europe began taking early precautions. In 1938, the British government issued 35 million “General Civilian Respirators”. Everyone from ballerinas to surgeons were encouraged to wear the masks.