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TIL Crosswalk "push to walk" buttons in cities like New York no longer control traffic lights, yet pedestrians keep pressing them because it feels like control

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K94R TIL the FAA investigated an airline for staging a wet tshirt contest with high schoolers during a flight
JEkj TIL in the days after the 9/11 attacks the German warship Lutjens(D185) passed by the US destroyer Winston S. Churchill with the US flag flying at half-mast and the sailors Manning-the-Rails, an honor typically reserved for heads of state.
ne7Z7 After you die, some things in your body keep on ticking. Genes active after death may be important for transplant success and calculating time of death.
rRYQd TIL leafy green vegetables account for more food born illnesses than meat. Researchers are especially worried about the "ready-to-eat" salads sold in many stores.
5VJ0D TIL that the Barilla's pasta manufacturing plant in Parma (Italy) is the world's largest pasta production facility. It is 430,000 square foot/40,000 square meters large and produces 320,000 tons of pasta annually