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TIL That in Japan they have specific sections of sidewalks textured for blind people’s canes so they know where shops, subways, and crosswalks are located.

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vPEj4 TIL Jim Carrey was trained by a specialist that trained CIA operatives to endure torture. While working on The Grinch, he wanted to quit because of the 8 hours of the heavy make up prep, but the producer hired the specialist and Carrey was able to go through the make up process 100 times.
691PY TIL about Hanns Scharff, a German Luftwaffe interrogator during the Second World War who is considered the "father of modern interrogation techniques". After the war he became a famous mosaic artisan who amongt other things created the 15-foot arched cinderella mosaic walls in Disneyland
yQdoJ TIL we treat our future selves like another person. When we are asked to think about ourselves, certain parts of our brain light up. When we are asked to think about our future selves, different areas of our brain light up, The same areas we use to think about other people.
x6ol5 TIL Servilia's pearl was a black pearl given by Julius Caesar to his favourite mistress. According to Suetonius it was worth 6 million sesterces (approximately $1.5 billion now.)
m1WKE TIL that there are roughly 107 classes of animals of which we are only taught a simplified 6 in school (birds, mammals, reptiles, etc.)