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TIL that every station on the Mexico City Metro has a unique symbol in order to help illiterate passengers navigate throughout the system.

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P1Xxn TIL that the first Hollywood feature-film chosen for release using the newly invented DVD technology was Twister (1996).
Rap8 TIL The FCC does not monitor for excessively loud commercials, but relies solely on consumer complaints.
EgEMo TIL that tilting the head back when using a nasal spray in not the correct way. And doing the opposite is. That way the Nasal liquid doesnt go through the nose and just go down your throat without hitting inflamed tissue.
6xQ8 TIL that the Voyager 2 carried a tape recorder whose reels rotated at high speeds which caused issues with its operations. Due to the conservation of angular momentum, the space probe started an undesirable rotation in the opposite direction whenever the tape recorder was turned on.
wLxLY TIL, cheetah unlike the other big cats have claws like dogs which isn't fully retractable. Their feet structure is maximized for speedy chases on prey, leopard & lion can't achieve.