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TIL that Japan is using more and more blue street lights to reduce suicide and crime

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7rvYx TIL The 737 airliner used to have a switch to easily disable a runaway autopilot. The 737 MAX replaced this switch with one that was useless because it wired the pilot's control into the same switch.
wLlkW TIL large schools of fish can accidentally trap themselves in a small area with no way out while attempting to evade predators. If there are too many in a small or enclosed area they can deplete the water of oxygen and they will asphyxiate by the thousands.
xVl71 A lack of sleep can do terrible things for your memory, which is why we all need to remember to get a good night’s sleep.
JYE1 TIL that the proper way to use a bobby pin is with the ridges facing down - flat side up.
JYMp8 TIL Wario is named Wario because it's a portmanteau of the words 'Mario' and the Japanese word 'warui' (悪い), meaning "bad"- not because a W is an upside-down M to signify that he's Mario's evil counterpart.