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TIL When London Underground’s first escalators were installed in 1911 a one-legged man – William ‘Bumper’ Harris-was employed to ride the escalators and demonstrate to a sceptical public the safety of the new machines. Ironically he had lost his leg in an earlier underground accident.

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Bj6x TIL that in a “navy shower” or “combat shower”, soldiers turn the water off during a shower. They get themselves wet for 30 seconds, lather while the shower is off, then rinse for one minute or less, saving water and energy. A “Hollywood shower” is the opposite, a long shower using much water.
v1MYR TIL The equivalents of the idiom “It’s all Greek to me” in world languages use other kinds of languages other than Greek.
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