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TIL Japanese subways have custom jingles and play bird noises to calm people down and help the blind know where they are

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pX7Z TIL that female dragonflies will fake their own death just to avoid mating.
9wZw7 TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
198D TIL, Mozart had a sister (Maria Anna) who was also an accomplished musician and composer, sometimes even receiving top billing. She was no longer taken on tour with her famous brother once she reached “marriageable age”.
wlKE TIL roughhousing with your kids is good for them.
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