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ZpRmY TIL Japan still has little white mailboxes known as "shiroposuto" for people to deposit their porn when they're done with it. The first shiroposuto was set up in 1963 to provide a discreet way to dispose of "obscene" publications
b68Jj TIL, that Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff was Donald Regan
601w TIL the naked mole-rat is the only eusocial, thermoconforming mammal, they are highly insensitive to pain, very resistant to cancer, and a single potato can last a colony up to 7 years
xVbXk TIL in Texas a jury can give the final sentence for murder instead of a judge. As a result, Texas has "misdemeanor murders" where a convicted murderer gets a light sentence like probation because the defense convinced the jury that the victim deserved it.
m1wRp TIL that wearing a neck tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5% on average