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TIL that it's safe to walk barefoot in New York City. Wounds to a naked foot are less severe as you feel a sharp object early enough to pull their foot back before it can penetrate too deeply. A barefoot enthusiast says: I've stepped on three nails, twice with boots and once without.Hurts either way

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GXj1 TIL when Social Anxiety Disorder was added to the DSM-III in 1980, it was barely diagnosed, considered a rare disorder, until the late 90s when the drug ‘Paxil’ was approved for treatment. Now, 5.3 million Americans are diagnosed with it and is the 3rd most prevalent psychiatric disorder.
gMOR7 TIL a 75 year old Georgian woman accidentally cut off Internet access to all of Armenia while searching for copper wire.
loBZG TIL When Helium is cooled to a few degrees below its boiling point, will suddenly be able to do things that other fluids can't. Dribble through molecule-thin cracks, climb up and over the sides of a dish, and remain motionless when its container is spun due to its frictionless flow.
gNWX TIL a Chinese company, Ninebot Inc., made a knock off of the Segway. When Segway tried to sue them, Ninebot used the money they made from selling the knock offs to buy the company that originally made the Segway.
j6MYj TIL In 2000,an American named Jupiter was in Kinsale, Ireland, bought all the lobsters destined for someone's main course, to free them back into the sea. "Aileen was taking the lobsters out and he was saying to her, `Be gentle, be gentle - don't hurt them.' "