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TIL: “Avocado Hand” is a recognised term amongst hospital staff. It regards a self-inflicted injury whilst attempting to slice an avocado.

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OGD4a TIL Dublin is the only city in the world with a monument to a Nazi/Nazi sympathiser.
ADlmB TIL that salt was so valuable during roman times, soldiers were partially paid in salt. Creating the term salary.
pY1bN TIL that the city council of Rome still uses SPQR on some of it's correspondence. A 2,000 year + old slogan: Senatus Populusque Romanus. It means "The Senate and Roman People".
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