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TIL 'Radium girls' were unknowingly killing themselves by applying radium-based luminous paint on clock dials from brushes they'd put in their mouths

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R76Rl TIL the comedy folk band 'The Lancashire Hotpots' were ordered to take "Olympics" out of the title of their song "The Beer Olympics" due to copyright claims by the IOC. They then retitled the song "The Beer International Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Sporting Quad Yearly Event"
ANYG4 TIL that Bernie Barker a retired Nuclear Engineer was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Oldest Male Stripper at 60
pYNJe TIL there is a gene (ABCC11) possessed by a large portion of East Asians that not only gives them dry earwax, but also prevents them from developing body odor.
loVna TIL there are two Chili's in Saudi Arabia
wojeE TIL A Surgeon in Germany killed 4 patients because he used lemon juice instead of antiseptic