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TIL in the 60s female track athletes were required to be examined naked to verify their sex.

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J16Rm TIL that in 1935, New York City Mayor, Fiorello Laguardia, brought down a Mafia crime ring by banning baby artichokes for three days.
oBPYY TIL the reason why medicine bottles are orange or light brown is because of its ability to prevent ultraviolet light from degrading the contents through photochemical reactions, while still letting enough visible light through the bottle for the contents to be seen.
mbko TIL During the 1980s the Swiss army fired off shells during an exercise and mistakenly burned a patch of forest inside the country Liechtenstein. The incident was said to have been resolved “over a case of white wine”.
worwP Today I learned the Winecoff Hotel-site of the deadliest hotel fire in history, was advertised as being "absolutely fireproof"
R5pO4 TIL The “emergency calls only” mode works by using the network of another service provider that has a strong enough signal in the area. This means that your phone can connect to any available network for emergency calls, even if your own network is not working.