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TIL freedom house ambulance services is considered the first paramedic service in the US

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wLPg8 TIL that in 2001, the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) distributed fake $3 bills to be dropped in Salvation Army buckets in protest of their policy against benefits for LGBT couples. Hundreds were received in Seattle.
ADXJo TIL charges were dropped on an Australian man for displaying the word "C*NT" on a public billboard because judges ruled the word as 'commonplace vernacular that is not deemed offensive' in Australia.
0dAO1 TIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of Zelda, but had to change it because the song's copyright had not yet expired.
WkPGY TIL that Marie Curie's belongings are radioactive, including her lab notes, which are stored in lead lined boxes in the French National Library...
Ky54 TIL the “skin” on the Statute of Liberty is only 2.4mm thick. About the thickness of two pennies.