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TIL that traditional haiku poems must contain both a kireji ("cutting word") and a kigo (seasonal reference)

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8evJX TIL Emergency vehicles use a device that manipulates traffic signals to reduce response times and avoid collisions with traffic
XEmXR TIL of "Beat 'em & Eat 'em", a pornographic video game released for the Atari in which the player controlled 2 nude women whos objective is to catch semen from a man masturbating off the roof with their mouths.
j6rLp TIL that the Caral-Supe civilization in Peru was building huge pyramidal temples at the same time the first step pyramids of Egypt were built. And Caral-Supe was the most densely populated area in the world in third-millenium BC.
DQXRv TIL that during Hurricane Camille in 1969, the rainfall in Virgina was so heavy that birds drowned in trees and people had to cup hands around their face to breathe. According to the weather service, it was the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists compute to be theoretically possible.
E8jW TIL that anyone who has ever received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom or France is permanently ineligible to donate blood in the United States.