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TIL the first paramedics in North America were African American

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1aZ8W TIL the phrase the “Bees Knees” likely evolved around the 1920s along with the “cats pajamas,” the snake's hips", "the kipper's knickers" and "the sardine's whiskers" unlike the others though Bees actually do have Knees (go
mA6P TIL that in the 17th century, the Roman Catholic Church ruled that beavers were fish and could be eaten on Fridays.
Yp5nA TIL a man suеd a strіpper, saying he had a whіplаsh injury when she swung her brеasts, "like two cement blocks", into his face. A female bаіliff examіned the breasts in private, and found them to be "soft", weighing ~2 pounds each. After retiring, the strіpper sold one of her brеast implаnts on еBаy
XEaL6 TIL that the sound from snapping your fingers comes from the middle finger hitting your palm, not from the thumb
9YVwr TIL that Action Park, a New Jersey theme park which opened in 1978, was infamous for being poorly constructed, with at least six guests killed by the rides. It featured a water slide which was closed after only a month, and which supposedly decapitated a crash test dummy during safety testing.