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TIL that there is so much coffee in Seattle that there is a measurable caffeine content in the Pacific Northwest’s waters.

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1EX TIL there is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like a dolphin.
NAJP TIL when asked what his inspiration was for the Funkadelic album “Free Your Mind…and Your Ass Will Follow”, George Clinton said it was an attempt to “see if we can cut a whole album while we’re all tripping on acid.”
xVOEk TIL that on May 11, 1995, during the first E3, Sega announced their new Saturn console would cost $400 and shockingly had been shipped to select retailers that same day. During their keynote, Sony announced the Playstation would launch at $300. Sega would exit the console business six years later.
nD59 TIL of Kim Ung-Yong, a South Korean man who was a guest student at a university at the age of 3, was invited by NASA to conduct research at 8, and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at 15. He also has the highest IQ ever recorded in history.
MEKW TIL Google will pay you $1Million if you can hack its web browser