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TIL that bathroom Hand Dryers without HEPA filters that are supposed to be more sanitary than paper towels are actually creating “Bacterial Highways” In Offices

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VBGxB TIL Saoirse Ronan's father is also an actor who plays a postman with a crippling gambling addiction in an Irish soap opera
kO5BB TIL That All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded
Oo1ba TIL in the 18th century, some toilet bowls or chamber pot holders were constructed to look like a book or pile of books from the outside, in order to camouflage them. One such "book" has "Histoire des Pays Bas" (History of the Netherlands/Lower Lands) on its spine, a reference to its intended use
x61Ak TIL that Caren Marsh Doll was Judy Garland's stand-in for The Wizard of Oz, and also had a bit part in Gone With the Wind. She was in a plane crash in 1949 which resulted in an amputated foot. She is still alive at 102, one of the oldest survivors of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
lJVN TIL that 1 in 10 of the USA’s bridges are rated “structurally deficient” and only 38% of the pavement on roads is in “good” condition. It would take about $85 billion annually to improve US roads and bridges.