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TIL: Veterinarians who are women commit suicide at a rate 4x higher than male vets

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mxgvx TIL that civil rights legend John Lewis once attended Comic-Con dressed as himself during the March on Selma. He led the children in a march around the convention center wearing the same kind of coat and backpack as he did at Selma.
a8An0 TIL Fatbergs! Fatbergs are formed when oil, grease and fat poured down drains combine with non-biodegradable items such as wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds. One of them became famous around the world: Fatty mc fatberg! It weighed 130 tonnes and was 250 meters long. This was in Whitechapel, London.
1g4r TIL portable traffic barriers are moved between lanes using a vehicle called a ‘Zipper Truck’
J70m TIL eggshells and coffee grounds are an environmentally friendly (and free) slug repellant.
jZVM TIL that the “Waffle House Index” is used to informally assess the damage of a storm including 3 levels to code for the number of Waffle Houses still open in the damaged area due to the restaurants reputation to stay open after disasters.