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TIL The cross shape spray painted on buildings after a disaster is a FEMA standardized Urban Search and Rescue system

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kOmwW TIL about Anna Ladd, an American artist who, while living in France following WW 1, created hand painted copper masks for disfigured soldiers. This allowed soldiers who were despondent to become more comfortable with their appearance.
xPe1 TIL that a hunter-gatherer burns roughly the same amount of calories in a 24 hour period as a sedentary office worker. This is because the body adjusts the metabolic rate down to compensate for activity.
bo1Z TIL a man planned a roller coaster designed to kill its passengers.
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56LR TIL As a form of protest, Afghan women write landays—bawdy or sad poems with 22 syllables that often mock their sexist society.