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TIL Plane exhaust kills more people than plane crashes. Approximately 10,000 people are killed annually from toxic pollutants from aircraft compared to around 1,000 from crashes

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VBnQQ TIL about the ‘head bobble’ where the speaker tilts their head side-to-side to indicate light agreement.
9YXbD TIL that a county in Oregon advertised that it was hiring Klingon translators for its mental health program, in case patients came into a psychiatric hospital speaking nothing but Klingon. They later clarified that this wasn't a situation they had faced, and only a precaution for a hypothetical case
yVx7w TIL that Japan has a "crying sumo" competition where wrestlers compete to see who can make a baby cry first, as it’s believed a crying baby brings good health.
8epJa TIL that the term Gaslighting comes from a 1938 play and a 1944 film, in which an abusive husband Gregory manipulates his wife Paula to make her feel as if she has gone mad. One of the ways he does this is by dimming and brightening the gaslights, all while convincing Paula that its all in her head.
8eQPZ TIL that Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers starred in a movie together