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TIL that nurses walk an average of 4 to 5 miles per shift

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BrZBd TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids
D6yD TIL President Carter’s son and Willie Nelson got high together on the roof of the White House.
4XZW5 TIL that "Charlie" as used to refer to enemies in movies like Forrest Gump comes from the spoken alphabet, where the words "Victor Charlie" meant the letters VC = Viet Cong. As this was used a lot in radio communications, over time it became shortened to just "Charlie".
epWGg TIL the earliest recorded uses of the word "Fuck" are court records for "John Le Fucker" and "Roger Fuckebythenavel"
N7XXb TIL when The Human Centipede was released, TV3 news in New Zealand interviewed a doctor if the human centipede was medically possible.