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TIL More than half of bus shelters in Dubai are air-conditioned.

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nP7W TIL for almost 20 years, and against JFK’s orders, all US nuclear weapons were secured with the combination password of “0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0”
l71mG TIL "DARVO" is a reaction pattern recognized by some researchers as common when abusers are held accountable for their behavior: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender. It was first theorized in 1997 by Jennifer Freyd who called it "frequently used and effective."
9wLgp TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour
oRoX7 TIL in 2016 a woman was found dead in an elevator after being trapped there for a month. Servicemen who were called to fix a broken cable had banged on the door, but heard no response so they cut off the power & told the residents to use a different lift. They returned a month later & found her body
k8y5 TIL that Bank of America hired three intelligience firms to dismantle wikileaks, instucted by the Department of Justice. Anonymous hacked these in response.