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TIL that Panasonic (Matsushita Electric) carried out a study to deduce the best target for men to aim at while peeing. Aiming right at the centre of the water mass resulted in a reduction of the amount of splashing by about a third compared to other parts.

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vPjnK TIL that privacy debate suffers from a narrow understanding of the problem. The ways in which privacy invasions can cause harm to law-abiding individuals are often ignored, underestimated or even deliberately concealed, leading to the widespread (but misguided) “I have nothing to hide” attitude.
d8QQ8 TIL - Not only is the kidnap and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena still active he may have been betrayed by a DEA agent in his own office but also a CIA agent who has been named was there at his interrogation and murder.
8Lka TIL that some areas in Scotland and Japan switched to blue street lights at night and saw a decrease in crime and suicide rates.
OYwY TIL Ross Perot is “the biggest individual loser ever on the New York Stock Exchange”: in April 1970, he lost $450 million in a single day.
WX9 TIL that actress Sarah Polley, the little girl from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, refused the demands of Disney executives to remove a peace sign worn in protest of the first Gulf War, thus severing her ties with the company.