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TIL the Flying Dutchman was probably a result of an optical illusion

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A8jw TIL that in addition to upper and lowercase, there’s also camel case. It’sWhenYouWriteLikeThis.
0wrdy TIL Self-checkouts aren’t necessarily faster than other checkouts and don’t result in lower staff numbers, & there are indirect costs such as theft & reduced customer satisfaction and loyalty. But they better suit the trend of shoppers buying fewer goods, more often.
a4WN TIL that there’s a 307-mile highway in Italy that was started in the 60s, isn’t yet finished, what is finished is falling apart, received $471 million in EU grants but most of the money went to the Mafia.
oBKpE TIL the Japanese Imperial Family has a staff of more than 1,000 people (47 servants per royal). 30 gardeners, 25 chefs, 40 chauffeurs as well as 78 builders, plumbers and electricians. The Emperor has four doctors on standby 24 hours a day, five men manage his wardrobe and 11 assists in Shinto rites
KkrJ TIL anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone’s caravan of guards would travel 100 mph to avoid an assassination. The Sicilian Mafia ultimately killed him by using half a ton of explosives to blow up a highway and the explosion registered on local earthquake monitors