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TIL the first officially recognized disease caused by an occupation was scrotal cancer in children chimney sweeps in 1775.

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neEar TIL The gavel used by the UN President is called "Thor's gavel" as it was gifted to the UN by Iceland's first permanent UN representative Thor Thors
x6e8B TIL the reason the Chicago World’s Fair buildings don’t exist anymore is that they were made of [fortified] Plaster of Paris
nebNd TIL that in Turkey, homosexual men don't have to join the military, but they have to prove it by means of a medical doctor via a Pink Certificate.
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nevyW TIL of Carl, a 5-year-old deaf boxer who is unbothered by court noises and accompanies kids during depositions and trials. He offers a sense of protection for children while they face their abusers in court.