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TIL the British WW2 Civilian Respirator gas mask had filters containing blue asbestos and arsenic. Because of this, it is recommended to wear a gas mask when handling the gas mask.

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GYdgE TIL Boxing trainer Cus D'Amato was criticised for being a proponent for the peek-a-boo style of boxing; it was believed that an efficient attack could not be launched from it. He coached Mike Tyson later in his career in this exact style, who would become the youngest world heavyweight titleholder.
KYGPG TIL that the people in Pompeii did not become "stone statues" by the lava flowing by, but rather encapsulated under a layer of lava and their decomposed bodies leaving a void which arceologists filled with plaster to recreate the bodies that once was there and the postures in which they died.
9PL7 TIL that Operation DoubleCross was so successful for the British during WW2 that every spy the Nazis sent to Britain was successfully turned into a double agent.
loR1G TIL, former Air Force Capt. Robert Salas, who was at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in 1967 when 10 ICMs he was overseeing suddenly became deactivated - at the same time base security informed him of a mysterious red glowing object in the sky
dD4Aj TIL in 1965 a 90 year old woman in France sold her home in an arrangement that allowed her to live in it for the rest of her life and receive a 2,500 Franc monthly payment. That women went on to be the oldest person in history and received over double the properties value.