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4knPR TIL Ameland island, Netherlands, eliminated red in the light spectrum of streetlights and nearby offshore platforms since migrating birds took the cue to communicate all night long, and disoriented birds' internal compasses causing exhaustion. Blue-green lights increase migratory bird survival.
ydWV TIL shoes were not left or right specific until 1800.
9YErB TIL NYC closed 14th street to private cars which led to improved traffic times and more bike ridership
J1AJv TIL the "Red Phone", which linked Washington to Moscow wasn't red, or even a phone. It was teletype when the system started in 1963, switched to fax in 1986, and secure email since 2008.
VM5yZ TIL of Brian Zimmerman, who gained national attention in 1983 for being elected mayor of Crabb, Texas, a town outside of Houston, at the age of 11. He won in a landslide with 23 out of only 30 votes cast. He ran on formally incorporating the town to avoid annexation, but was unsuccessful.