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TIL that efforts to prevent suicides off the Mapo Bridge in Seoul, which included LED lighting, statues, and inspirational messages backfired dramatically, and suicides actually more than quadrupled.

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JY0xj TIL that in Taiwan, a few hundred people changed their name to contain the word "salmon" just because a promotion was offered that would give free salmon to people whose name contained the word
6ErYX TIL about the Pauli Effect, which is the supposed tendency for technology to fail in the presence of certain people
b9JQ7 TIL - between the 4th and 5th century, ancient Athens adopted Ostracism, a (check and balance) system that allowed the citizens to vote to exile and banish anyone deemed a threat or tyrant for ten years. The ostracism was only considered valid if the total number of votes counted to at least 6000
OojLg TIL that the Judgement of Solomon has parallels in many other traditions such as India (where the Buddha asks to two mothers to tug war the child's body)
p8AaG TIL in 1864, the Confederate Army forced Frederick, Maryland, to pay $200,000 or be burned to the ground. The town had to borrow the money from local banks and didn’t finish paying off the loans until 1951.