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TIL that there have been suggestions to teach the NATO phonetic alphabet to all medical professionals, in order to avoid accidental deaths due to miscommunication.

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jNOOa TIL that maybe I can trick the YouTube Algorithm.
j6pvR TIL none of the writers of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" had been to West Virginia, and they used an encyclopedia to look up facts about it. The song was mainly inspired by one writer's upbringing in Springfield, MA, but he didn't think the word "Massachusetts" was musical.
dQmQ TIL the term “Glory Hole” originated in glass blowing. It is the hole providing access to a furnace used to reheat a piece of glass in between steps in the process.
M7Mdm TIL that British soldiers in WW2 used scaffolding to hide the Taj Mahal from potential air raids in India. The scaffolding disguised the monument to look like a bamboo stockpile, protecting it and other cultural heritage sites during the war.
oRJME TIL in Britain, the Victorian's Added Secret Messages to Their Postcards and Letters.