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TIL: In Japan train conductors, drivers and station staff use a system called "Pointing-and-Calling". Each step in a given task is reinforced physically and audibly to ensure the step is both complete and accurate. This has reduced workplace errors by up to 85 percent.

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mxMaR TIL Comedian writer Billy Domineau wrote a spec script for Seinfeld called "The Twin Towers" that is set in the days following 9/11
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