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TIL Some cities are using blue light bulbs in public restroom, park lighting because the glow supposedly masks the blue-tinted lines of veins — making it harder for intravenous drug users to find a vein.

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M10V TIL that one of the most difficult video games ever is Ghosts ‘n Goblins, in arcades in the 80s. Even if you managed to beat it, it was revealed that the boss had laid you a trap and that you had to beat the whole game again at a higher level of diffuclty.
AD4po TIL that according to the FCC, as of 2018, there are still 100,000 pay phones left in the United States.
ADXQw TIL The vast majority of funds raised during 1985's LIVE AID concerts went to the corrupt Ethopian government and was spent on guns, with very little (if any) used for famine relief.
D1l5Y TIL Contract killings made up 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002
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