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TIL a NYC councilman proposed adding light guards to street lights as a means of curbing city light pollution. Among just making the night sky easier to see, the change would protect wildlife from the negative effects of stray light.

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0d8wM TIL that North and South Korea share only one holiday: August 15, the day in 1945 when Korea became independent from Japan after 35 years as a colony.
gV5X TIL the South Korean government is in the beginning stages of making insects a primary source of food
4k6OX TIL the Boeing 737 MAX, still being built new, runs on a pair of 16-bit CPUs to drive its autopilot and other related systems throughout the plane (incl. MCAS), using hardware that has not changed since 1996.
AWZl TIL there is a floating prison in America
Bgwyx TIL 'microfishing' is a hobby where people catch tiny fish using tiny hooks, take a picture of them, then let them go. The idea is to see how many different species you can catch