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TIL Japan railway platforms saw a 84 percent decrease in suicides at stations after they installed blue lights.

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E1j6V TIL the fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test
6vX TIL The man third in succession for the Presidency of the United States once pried a live grenade from his arm after it had been blown off and then continued to use his machine gun with his one good arm..
KjnR TIL a high school in Allen, TX built a $60 million football stadium that was forced to close after 18 months due to “construction failures” and “deficient design.” It reopened over a year later and the Allen Eagles have yet to lose a game in their new stadium.
BrY8L TIL the term "crimes against humanity" was first used in 1890 by George Williams to describe the practices of Leopold II of Belgium. After meeting the king, Williams travelled to the Free Congo State (which Belgium owned) and was shocked by the widespread and brutal abuses of the Congolese.
Xv6r TIL that there’s an urbex movement in Paris that documents and repairs the city’s underworld, including secretly fixing the Panthéon’s clock because the government couldn’t be bothered to do so.