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TIL the Law and Order 'sound' includes 500 Japanese men

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5Y41D TIL that Sony needed military export permits from the Japanese trade ministry for the export of PlayStation 2s. The PS2 was so good at processing high quality images quickly that the Japanese government believed it was possible to adapt it for use in missile guidance systems.
p8yab TIL 40% of all female suicides are from India
xVV6D TIL the wreck of the Titanic is so deep in the ocean that there’s very little oxygen so it doesnt really rust. Instead it is being slowly consumed by anaerobic bacteria (a kind that doesn’t need oxygen to live). Within a few hundred years, a pile of iron ore will be all that remains of the titanic.
BX9y TIL junk mail companies are charged more money if you send their mail back.
MRGm TIL that over 900 workers have already died preparing for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar