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TIL Australia once had a tumbleweed so large they named it "hairy panic"

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J18X8 TIL that because EMTs routinely check the fridge/freezer during 911 calls, they are a recommended place to keep DNR papers
P1WoO TIL in the 19th and early 20th centuries the British army maintained a network of "lock hospitals" established to manage the spread of STDs around colonial military installations due to the prevalence of venereal diseases amongst British troops. India had lock hospitals on the larger bases.
Y1RB TIL The origin of the word “Honky” may be from white patrons of black prostitutes in the early 1900s who would honk their horn instead of rolling down the window to talk.
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