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TIL: NYC subway's signal technology is nearly a century old, and signal operators don't know precisely where each car is on the tracks at any given time.

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N7XJQ TIL of the "Pompeii Masturbator:" a man who appears to have been forever immortalised in the midst of some personal time.
VeYm TIL that venting your anger online only makes you angrier, a study found.
v1kd4 TIL Sir Francis Drake was considered a hero in England with Queen Elizabeth I awarding him knighthood in 1581. However, the Spanish considered him a pirate. King Philip II once offered a reward of 20,000 ducats ($8 million USD) for his capture or death.
R7BMj TIL - Seven presidents of USA were born in a log cabin
KYkQ4 TIL that Joseph Guillotin, the namesake for the infamous guillotine, actually opposed capital punishment entirely but felt he wouldn't garner enough support to do away with it entirely. He advocated for the guillotine because it was more humane than many alternative execution methods.