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TIL about the Bitch Wars: gulag prisoners who’d helped fight the Nazis in WW2 vs those who’d refused

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nWGB9 TIL that owning a video game console during 2020–2022 in Japan improved mental well-being by reducing psychological distress and increasing life satisfaction.
Z8djo TIL that the ground-to-air signal for needing medical assistance in a survival situation is to just lay there flat with your arms above your head.
QJJNa TIL that society collapsed on Easter Island largely due to deforestation. One of the main reasons for this was that the trees were logged to move the giant Moai figures into position.
p7G8 TIL that two zebras died of hunger in a zoo in Palestine and were replaced with donkeys painted with black and white stripes.
vd7K TIL There is a Japanese arcade game where in response to irritating events you hit a physical table and then flip it when the time is right.