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JYBYm TIL in May 2006, over 300 Portuguese school children received medical attention for an illness which caused rashes and shortness of breath. The illness was later cited as being a case of mass hysteria caused by an episode of a soap opera which dealt with a deadly virus outbreak in a school.
5V9JQ TIL 660-ton pendulum protects Taipei 101 from earthquakes and typhoons. Similar technology is used in many other skyscrapers around the world.
jmvp TIL Japanese police will get huge futons and roll up a person who is being violent or drunk into a little burrito and carry them back to the station to calm them down
7WPO TIL That American Express never sends out emails without their card members name in it, whereas fraudsters say “Dear Cardmember” etc.
p8xYN TIL the Plymouth/Dodge Neon ACR was so competitve in its racing class that SCCA, the governing body, had to start accepting new add-ons for other vehicles to keep them competitive with the Neon.