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TIL In 2016 the UK ran a 3 day exercise to simulate how it would cope in the event of a pandemic, showing it wasn't prepared for one. The Government was urged to make changes, but ignored them

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VjrB TIL the male urethra produces a spiral stream of urine that has the effect of cleaning the external urethral meatus (Where the urine exits the body). The lack of an equivalent mechanism in the female urethra partly explains why urinary tract infections occur so much more frequently in females.
7Rwr TIL that Season Two of “24” featured a terrorist plot that originated from a London mosque. A few months after the season ended, authorities raided the mosque and found that it was indeed a terrorist hub
9WMm TIL that bases feel slippery because they dissolve the fatty acids and oils in your skin, essentially making soap out of you.
7op TIL there is a Lego secret vault that holds nearly every lego set ever produced!
dDavd TIL that Adidas is actually named after it's owner Adolf Dassler, who created sport shoes along with his brother. Both Adolf and his brother joined the Nazi party in 1933.