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TIL about Jergentroppen, Norway's All Female Special Forces Group

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R7pVl TIL In the 1800's, sewer-hunters scavenged the London sewers for bones, fragments of rope, miscellaneous bits of metal, silver cutlery, and coins. Paradoxically, the men were strong, robust and even florid in complexion, often surprisingly long-lived–thanks to their strengthened immune systems
VBMEQ TIL the cover of the Carpenters' single "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" was designed by Andrew Probert, who, among other things, would go on to design Star Trek's Enterprise 1701-D.
kyd TIL Bertrand Russell survived a plane crash at the age of 76, in which 19 of the 43 passengers died. Russell survived because he was seated in the smoking section, claiming before the flight that “If I cannot smoke, I shall die.”
x6VP1 TIL An ad for Tango, a soft drink in the UK, which showed a topless orange man slapping people as a metaphor for tasting the drink, caused a craze where kids would slap each other and say "You've been Tango'd!" With one child suffering a perforated ear drum. The ad was withdrawn.
mxXQY TIL signs saying there are "No Public Restrooms" violate local building codes because nearly every government body adopts the International Plumbing Code 2012 403.3