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TIL there’s a skyscraper in Tokyo which tells you, using colored lights, whether you should bring an umbrella when you go outside.

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wPEM TIL there is a unit called the “Manhatten distance” (or city block distance), describing the distance of two points when you, rather than measuring the direct linear connection, sum up the length of the left/right and the up/down movement, as if you walk along blocks in a big city.
yVdV TIL that in May of 2011, the Ku Klux Klan released statements attempting to distance themselves from the Westboro Babtist Church. Their leader said, “It’s the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech.”
BXae TIL that the death toll of the Rwandan Genocide accounted as much as 20% of the country’s total population
OgE4 TIL Joss Whedon co-wrote Toy Story, and Rex the dinosaur was Whedon’s creation.
LQ5GP TIL: Alexithymia, or emotional blindness, is condition where individuals struggle to recognize, express, and describe their own emotions. It’s linked to difficulties in attachment theory and interpersonal relations. It’s prevalent in people with autism spectrum disorder