What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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mr d Oct 2021 10:04pm, 31 Oct 2021 5,457 posts	0 mr d [Not in public think they made that illegal in the early 90's. Plenty of export opportunities.]
Diogenes Oct 2021 10:15pm, 31 Oct 2021 63,968 posts	0 Diogenes [It’s not illegal, per se, but you can be charged with related offences]
Lip Gloss Oct 2021 10:19pm, 31 Oct 2021 56,084 posts	0 Lip Gloss Easier just not to have one in the first place. Saves anyone trying to visit you in jail
Ocelot Spleens Nov 2021 2:58pm, 1 Nov 2021 32,145 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens sciencealert.com That the caps on pens have a small hole in so that if swallowed some air can still get through...especially where children are concerned.
JK chameleon Nov 2021 4:14pm, 1 Nov 2021 15,513 posts	0 JK chameleon So not so you can make makeshift whistles at school?
Night-owl Nov 2021 5:22pm, 1 Nov 2021 38,061 posts	0 Night-owl A boy in my class once swallowed such a lid. He's alive Well he was in about 1984 or so when it happened and it was in 6th form
UltraDunc Nov 2021 9:14pm, 1 Nov 2021 13,635 posts	0 UltraDunc I knew that and think years ago there was a campaign to have a hole there because they didn’t used to.
Cerrertonia Nov 2021 9:22pm, 1 Nov 2021 14,979 posts	0 Cerrertonia There's an ISO standard specifying the size of the hole iso.org
ThorntonRunner Nov 2021 9:40pm, 1 Nov 2021 5,444 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I knew about the hole in the cap, but not the ISO standard - that's great
Cerrertonia Nov 2021 9:43pm, 1 Nov 2021 14,980 posts	0 Cerrertonia Seven pages too - and it's been updated this year - the old 2014 standard clearly wasn't good enough