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4kxlR TIL that, in video games, "ludonarrative dissonance" is the technical name for the conflict between the story told in the gameplay, and the story in the non-interactive scenes (for example, the way that Drake in "Uncharted" is a fun-loving rogue in the cutscenes but a killing machine in the game).
jNO7R TIL In 2008, when the Penguins and Red Wings were in the Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh fish market Wholey’s IDed patrons to prevent Red Wings fans from getting an octopus to throw onto the ice
Z8Mva TIL that humans are the only primates with distinct white eyeballs, they probably evolved to make it easier for humans to follow another's gaze and thus read intentions, interest and improve social cooperation
4Q1X [TIL] Pregnancy Tests are one of the most shoplifted items in the U.S.
b1VN TIL of the Capitol Crawl, when over 100 handicapped people shed their wheelchairs & crutches and crawled up the stairs of Washington’s Capitol building, inconveniencing some senators and forcing them to adopt the ADA.