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TIL in Equador, ambulances have the ability to take over car radios to warm drivers. This has resulted in a 40% reduction in response times

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epNAD TIL that it appears that Neanderthals likely passed along genetic traits to some modern human populations for surviving cold weather situations - including muscle mass for generating heat, stocky builds, large noses and sinuses - and that these traits have been naturally selected for.
7RKx TIL the last allowed visit to the Fort Knox gold vault, by members of the US Congress and some journalists was on 23 September 1974.
W7XbX TIL that on warning of a likely missile launch against the USA, the Pentagon and Strategic Command war rooms, have one minute to brief the president, who then has roughly only six minutes to decide whether and how to respond.
Zp58G TIL the island of Camiguin in the Philippines has more volcanoes than towns
8eJl8 TIL Johnny Cash’s famous song “A Boy Named Sue” was written by children’s author Shel Silverstein