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TIL Japanese rail workers use a technique called "point and call" to increase mindfulness in their operations and reduce railway accidents.

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X0egP TIL “small penis syndrome” is a diagnosis accompanied by psychological and social consequences, placing men at risk for exploitation by unproven treatments
njPG TIL of a plane crash caused by a smuggled crocodile. The crocodile freed itself and panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flight-deck, which caused the plane to be unbalanced and crash. The only survivors were one person and the crocodile.
g17X TIL that Josh Morgan (wide reciever for the Washington Redskins) survived the Virginia Tech shooting while a student there, and his mother survived both the 2001 pentagon terrorist attacks and yesterday’s DC navy yard shootings while working at or near both locations.
aWR0 TIL Jim Varney had a photographic memory and would shoot up to 25 “Ernest” commercials a day inserting different product names during different takes.
6EN6J TIL That an 11 year old boy survived 400 bee stings by channeling adrenaline through his favourite anime Dragon Ball Z. He pretended to be Goku becoming a Super Saiyan.