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TIL that Samurai armour was largely made out of hemp (cannabis)

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v1eeK TIL there is a program in Indianapolis, Indiana called No One Dies Alone (NODA) where volunteers will stay beside a dying patient who has no one to visit them.
R7YY7 TIL Disney theme parks use various techniques to make standing in long lines bearable, such as building walls around twisting lines, thus keeping people from knowing how long the line actually is, inflating wait times, and making patrons watch holograms that give context to the rides.
o1Qr TIL that Chinese armed forces use crossbows at all unit levels to stop persons carrying explosives without risk of causing detonation.
BjXW TIL Henry “Hank” Aaron wore #4, hit 44 home runs in 4 different seasons, and when he broke Babe Ruth’s all-time HR record, it was the 4th inning of the 4th game of the 1974 season. Al Downing, the LA Dodgers pitcher who threw the ball that broke the record, wore #44.
d8Rg8 TIL babies were not anesthetized during surgery until the early eighties