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TIL vibrations of cars make people sleepier

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0wYVj TIL John Hughes would write full screenplays extremely quick, typically finishing a screenplay in about four days, including The Breakfast Club which only took two.
d8QLZ TIL the red grapefruit comes from a 1950s gov nuclear program called "Atoms for Peace" where they would mutate crops with radioactive material. In these "Gamma Gardens" ones grown close to the radioactive source died, but ones farther away turned red
R7ak1 TIL of the Japanese concept of “Wa”, in which all people strive to put the betterment of the overall society above that of the individual. It is considered an integral part of Japanese society.
4k4Bo TIL that 47% of people in prison (USA) are dyslexic. General population estimates are around 20%. Link to PDF study
NXLeb TIL: The Philippines had a pre-colonial caste system with distinct social classes.