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TIL that "Julian and Sandy", gay characters in a 1960s radio show, were the first to introduce the gay slang language Polari to a wider audience.

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WkMY8 TIL an FDA study requested by the military found 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were still safe & effective even 15 years after the expiration date. Expiration dates don’t really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or unsafe to use.
XekD TIL that Fountain Hughes lived through slavery, the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and the beginning of the Cold War.
e05rb TIL Nora Ephron (once married to Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein) would regularly reveal the identity of informant Deep Throat to anyone who asked her. No one, apart from her sons, believed her.
v1edr TIL In the Netherlands sex is seen as a human right, disabled citizens can get grants for legal prostitutes up to 12 times a year. Reports show this has significantly reduced depression and suicide rates among the disabled, many of whom have previously never had the chance to have sex before.
NoRb TIL that frequent making of jokes, including puns, can be a diagnosed disorder, possibly caused by a stroke