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QNd0k TIL that in 1948 comedy writers at the BBC were forbidden to make jokes about lavatories and effeminacy in men or make suggestive references to honeymoon couples, chambermaids, fig leaves, prostitution, ladies' underwear, animal habits (e.g. rabbits), lodgers, and commercial travellers.
oBVyE TIL that after a nuclear test at the Bikini Atoll one of the experimental animals, Pig 311, actually survived and was found swimming for shore in a lagoon. It was eventually retire to the National Zoological Park in DC
Bj6x TIL that in a “navy shower” or “combat shower”, soldiers turn the water off during a shower. They get themselves wet for 30 seconds, lather while the shower is off, then rinse for one minute or less, saving water and energy. A “Hollywood shower” is the opposite, a long shower using much water.
ANRml TIL about the Kahina. An Amazigh (Berber) queen who ruled an independent kingdom in what is today Algeria. Caught between the Umayyad and Byzantine Empires, she opted to fight instead and died in battle sometime around 703 AD.
M7YEA TIL that there is an annual World Dog Surfing Championships