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TIL Two shipwrecks have been discovered in the search for MH370

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OY97 TIL that in India, thousands of women each year die in “dowry deaths”, often by being doused with kerosene and set afire by husbands or in-laws.
j69Nj TIL that the US has a national cycling route network, the United States Bicycle Route System. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes with off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.
DpNY TIL the little plastic thing at the end of data cables is called a Ferrite Bead, and it is used to block interference from radio signals from other electronics.
V6xk TIL the term “Bus Factor” - The number of people in a company who need to be ‘run over by a bus’ to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.
6Endl TIL that prior to the development of modern guns, soldiers needed to use their teeth to open cartridges, so militaries introduced requirements about the minimum number of the teeth of their soldiers. In some cases soldiers would pull or damage their teeth in order to avoid military conscription.