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TIL: Chicago Quietly Allows .1 Second Shorter Yellow Light Tickets, Makes $8 Million. (yellow minimum = 3 seconds)

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VeBZ TIL a man with cerebral palsy was forced to crawl off of his flight when United Airlines staff failed to provide him with the proper assistance.
R7Vp4 Til After Nike released Air Jordan sneakers in 1985, the NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing them because it's colours didn't match his team's uniform. Nike supposedly paid the fine of $5000 the NBA charged Jordan each game so he would continue wearing them.
7rx8p TIL that the Mantis Shrimp has one of the best eyesights in the animal kingdom. It’s hexnocular vision is so powerful that it sees six images at once, sees in 12 colors, and can polarize its own light. Scientists are now modeling its capabilities to detect cancer and internal injuries in humans.
V0Kp TIL: America is the only English speaking country that pronounces Z as “zee”
VB11m TIL that a theory is not a theorem. A THEOREM is a statement of fact, that can be logically proven using a set of axioms (baseline assumptions about what’s true). A THEORY is an idea about how the world works, and cannot be proven – it can only be tested.