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TIL That Germany has a Dementia Project which has fake bus stops designed to keep Alzheimer’s patients from wandering off

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YpvrA TIL: the guy who played the Nazi leader in Casablanca was also the inspiration for the Joker and a solid dude. Conrad Veidt was a star of German cinema who was fervently anti-Nazi. He moved to America with his jewish wife to create films to convince the US to join the war against the Axis.
MeRPa TIL The Iran Mall is the world's largest shopping mall. It features a fashion avenue, a diamond and crystal atrium, three food courts with more than 200 restaurants, and a 3,300 square meter book garden with 67,000 volumes of books
Y9n7 TIL that a NASA scientist conducted a tongue-in-cheek experiment to see what animals drivers are more likely to hit, he placed rubber fakes on the side of the road and found that 6% of drivers intentionally swerve to hit them, tarantulas being hit the most.
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0KNN TIL In 1992, the Tampa Bay Lightning signed Canadian women’s national team goaltender Manon Rheaume. She went on to play in 2 preseason games, making her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues