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TIL that in Japan there are trains that bark like dogs to scare deer that come to lick the rails to get iron

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rRJg0 TIL that villages in Northern Portugal mark their boats and homes with runic symbols depending on which family they belong to. These same symbols have been found in Fyn Denmark where it's called "bomarken" or "home-marks" and was a widely held practice in older Scandinavia.
kO785 TIL that people who are around roaches often develop allergies, and thus can't drink pre-ground coffee as it contains ground roaches
x6N57 TIL that nurses and doctors wear green or blue scrubs to help relieve eye strain from constantly looking at red (patient's insides), which is also opposite on the color wheel.
7rLMZ TIL taking leftovers from a restaurant was considered a breach of etiquette for a long time, with restaurants providing “doggy bags” for bones to be taken to pets.
gOWL TIL that the US has had 75 school shootings since the Columbine Massacre in 1999. The rest of the world has only had 30 combined