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TIL that because EMTs routinely check the fridge/freezer during 911 calls, they are a recommended place to keep DNR papers

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WkmpA TIL Empress Catherine I of Russia was a peasant girl captured as a war prize then transferred around until becoming a concubine to Peter the Great. She quickly knew how to best please him, so he married her, and later Romanovs are her descendants. After Peter's death she reigned in her own name.
pl6p TIL Jesse Owens, an African-American track athlete who won a gold medal at the 1936 “Nazi Olympics”, said: “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”
7QLZ TIL Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen, & Rob Lowe all are friends from high school.
e0wjD TIL there's a Korean word for ‘mom’s friend’s son’, a fictional person who is perfect in everything, that moms compare their sons to all the time.
477b TIL that a shortage of sand has created a Sand Mafia in India, employing 35 million people and generating $126bn annually.