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TIL That Dreamcast games are still being made

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mxDPv TIL Glaucoma is almost always caused by too much pressure inside one or both eyes. People don’t typically experience symptoms until the optic nerve has already been damaged and glaucoma usually occurs later in life, but it can happen at any age
5YVED TIL of the "Mile Into The Wild" Walkway, an elevated walkway in a refuge for more than 450 Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves and other rescued carnivores. It's elevated because the animals do not consider sky as territory, allowing humans to observe them without causing a fight or flight response.
p8Qxe TIL That Suzanne Vega's song, "Tom's Diner" was so clear, it was used to refine the MP3 compression algorithm.
VM9o4 TIL Artichokes contain a compound cynarine which makes other foods you pair it with taste sweeter. Apparently, this is the bane of sommeliers.
P1lBe TIL that the fastest object ever built by humans is NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Built to observe the outer corona of the Sun, the probe set the speed record by traveling at 587,000 km/h (364,660 mph), fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute.