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TIL the 1997 Pokemon episode that caused 700 seizures also caused additional seizures when news reports aired a clip while covering the story

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N7Nr1 Today I Learned about Native American Trail Trees, which served as trail markers for important sites. This was done by bending saplings in 90 degree angles. As the tree continues to grow it retained this “N” shape. Thus permanently marking the trail.
1aM1D TIL A rare photo of Amelia Earhart shows her riding a scooter in the 1930s with a published caption reading, “In the near future, we are told, no one will walk at all."
W7k6d TIL that in 1912, after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, crewmen on its sister ship RMS Olympic went on strike over its small number and poor quality of lifeboats
X04r6 TIL that certain land snails can sleep for up to three years in hibernation or estivation if the conditions are less than ideal
0bgM TIL in terms of health, rich Americans are no better off than poor Britons.