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TIL Hiroshima’s streetcar network was reopened three days after the atomic bombing of the city

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5BMn TIL the US military once considered building a “gay bomb,” with an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behavior among troops, causing what the military called a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale.
Lnjv TIL In 1982, evolutionary biologist Daniel H. Janzen concluded that the avocado is an example of an ‘evolutionary anachronism’, a fruit adapted for ecological relationship with now-extinct large mammals.
oRlpR TIL some clothes have a tag with the manufacture date! It’s usually on the shinier little tag. Ex. 07/20 or SUM 09. This brings me joy.
OGnxY TIL three of the child actors who played the Artful Dodger in the stage musical Oliver! in the 1960s went on to become famous rock musicians: Steve Marriott (Small Faces and Humble Pie), Davey Jones (The Monkees), and Phil Collins (Genesis and solo).
EXbw TIL people in Japan are chronically lonely and about 70 people a day commit suicide mainly due to this but they seem to do little to prevent being lonely. Currently in Osaka if someone wants a free hug.