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TIL over 3,000 passengers die each year on the Mumbai commuter rail due to crowded trains and open dors

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GYAY5 TIL that in 2010, Microsoft held a funeral for the iPhone to celebrate the launch of Windows Phone 7
p86n4 TIL about “Dunbar’s Number,” a theory that suggests humans can only successfully keep up to 150 interpersonal relationships.
kJvjB TIL: In 17th century Holland, several Dutch cities banned gingerbread figures due to their use as effigys.
xOGD TIL Lego bricks are very consistent, with only 18 bricks out of every 1000000 made being considered defective. The design and manufacture of bricks is also consistent enough to allow bricks manufactured today to interlock with those manufactured in 1958.
KOEmR TIL that Manta Rays have shown evidence of being sapient/self-aware and are the smartest fish in the ocean outside of dolphins