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TIL that the Bangkok police used Hello Kitty armbands to shame officers for minor offenses

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Y768r TIL research scientists created a system to allow goldfish to drive a fish tank using cameras to track the fish bumping into walls to navigate towards a colored target for a reward. They changed starting positions and added decoys to prove the fish were navigating the environment not just memorizing
E1rWX TIL On a trip to Nepal, Apollo astronaut Stu Roosa met Nepalese who believe the spirits of their dead reside on the Moon. Roosa could not understand why a few of the local citizens treated him like a god, nor why they were distressed when he told them he saw no one else on the Moon
ybPe TIL that when first invented, Instant Ramen Noodles were considered a luxury item, as fresh noodles were being sold for as low as 1/6 the price of instant noodles.
78mb7 TIL You’re supposed to fill your tires with the amount of air specified on the sticker in your door jamb, not the max pressure listed on the side wall.
VbMk TIL during WW2 the British maintained an entirely fictional army, the 4th Army, that they successfully used to draw German forces away from invasion targets on multiple occasions, including the Normandy landings