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TIL self checkouts can recognise produce items and they give you a list to choose from based on what they ‘see’

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Yp4yG TIL that the voice of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Paul Winchell was one of the original inventors of an artificial heart, an automobile that runs on battery power, a method for breeding tilapia, and many other inventions that are still around today.
v10wr TIL about Kerogen, a solid, insoluble organic matter found in the sedimentary rocks. When continually heated, it leads to the slow release of fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas.
YX5G TIL the coldest temperature in the Universe exists on Earth. Magnets of the Large Hadron Collider are cooled to 1.9 Kelvin, colder than deep space.
EgEbX TIL the first picture of a human being taken was of a man in Paris in 1838 who had stopped to have his shoes shined and didn't move long enough to be captured in the 10 minute photo exposure time.
9rGD TIL the world’s largest environmental organization makes millions of dollars off of an oil well on its land in Texas. The area is supposedly set aside for conservation, to protect one of the most critically endangered birds in America. The birds have now disappeared from the site.