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TIL research found precise numerical first offers to be more effective in negotiations.

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WkxrL TIL the Japanese high-speed rail system has a network of seismometers that will stop their bullet trains in the event of an earthquake. This system was activated just 12 seconds before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and as a result, only one bullet train on its test run derailed that day.
GYGO7 TIL that since 2015 the International Space Station has a custom made Zero-G Espresso machine jointly developed by Lavazza and the Italian Space Agency. It's called the "ISSpresso" and produces Espresso in pouches which can then be consumed with a special Zero-G espresso cup.
W79wY TIL During the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s, Norwegian government sent Stockfish (dried preserved cod fish) as food aid. Stockfish ended up becoming a Nigerian staple. Now, almost all of the Stockfish produced in Norway is exported to Nigeria.