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TIL: OSHA allows all employees who have not received specific training to refuse cleaning biohazards like vomit, blood, feces, etc.

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6EJjX TIL a medical theory which holds that the human appendix serves as a storehouse for good bacteria, and helps to "reboot" the human digestive system after a chronic or short term diarrheal sickness
M7G8 TIL When a male honey bee orgasms, it’s testicles explode and it dies shortly after.
a8d5o TIL that the Roman Emperor Vespasian issued a tax on urinating in public latrines.
7rOA7 TIL That car manufacturers adapted the WWI "Dazzle" camouflage technique that was used on ships, for their cars. They regularly use it to hide the finer details of prototype vehicles.
R7BO1 TIL of Baron von Steuben. A Prussian Military Officer who served as Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Von Steuben wrote the Army's Drill Manual, and is credited for turning the Continental Army into a formidable force.