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166e8 TIL it's illegal to receive compensation for fortune telling in Oklahoma
jLxa TIL Scientists have actually succeeded in turning lead into gold, through Nuclear Transmutation.
KApJ TIL that 112 is an international mobile (cell) phone emergency number that redirects you to the local emergency services.
GYKD5 TIL that the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) is known as the Day of the Rangers in Somalian
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.