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TIL There are more possible Go positions than there are atoms in the universe.

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gje7 TIL that in Quake III Arena, when developers needed to calculate x^(-½), one used a piece of code and the hexadecimal number 0x5f3759df to calculate it about 4 times faster than floating-point division. It was so strange another developer commented in the code “what the fuck?”
G4W1 TIL You urinate more when you’re cold because of an increase in your arterial blood pressure caused by blood being taken away from your extremities and crammed in your core. Your kidneys shed fluid to try and stabilise it.
x6E7D TIL: Cats Can't Taste Sweetness
grwK9 TIL The first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting was 1976s "Heavyweight Champ" and was a hit in Japanese arcades. However it is now considered a lost video game.
exvb TIL: That there are 468,749 Philadelphians on food stamps in a city of 1.5 million people.