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TIL that Black actor Trevor Laird was scripted to appear in a sex scene with a white girl in the film Quadrophenia, but the producers demanded he be excluded from it in case the film was shown in the southern US or South Africa.

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KW5a TIL that the French word for wooden shoe, ‘sabot’ is the probable root of the word sabotage: and refers to the tactic by early Dutch unionists of throwing sabots into the gears of factory or farm machinery, effectively stopping work until the equipment could be repaired.
LMBd TIL that not a single Witness Security Program participant who has correctly followed security guidelines has ever been harmed while in the federal witness-protection programme.
PGvJ TIL Artic Explorer Peter Freuchen was caught in a terrible blizzard and buried under a thick layer of snow and ice. When he couldn’t claw his way out, Freuchen whittled his own frozen feces into a knife and used it to chisel his way through.
Rr0w TIL that the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommends US travelers to Iceland to get vaccines for rabies because they might be bitten by bats. There are only 20 documented cases of bat sightings in Iceland - ever.
R5vQ4 TIL employers in Idaho aren’t required to give rest or meal breaks, only have to pay tipped employees $3.35/hour, and only have to pay workers under 20 $4.25/hour