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TIL the Atari 2600 launched at the price of $786 in 2016 dollars
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TIL that there's a standard way of creating false color astronomical images called the Hubble Palette
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TIL two y/o Karlee Kosolofski was found dead, frozen to her porch in 1994. She had followed her dad out of the house on a -22°C morning and couldn't reach the handle to get back in. Over five hours later, she was found and amazingly revived with only the lower part of her leg needing amputation.
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TIL Dragon’s Blood is a real ingredient and has been used since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, and dye. In modern times, it is used to make an anti-diarrheal drug.
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TIL When President Cleveland lost the reelection to Harrison, he thought he was done with government. He and his wife lived in a hotel while searching for a house and the ex-president considered various lucrative job offers in the private sector, eventually accepting a law firm job
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TIL Fireflies are the most efficient lights in the world. 100% of energy is emitted as light. Fireflies: larvae & eggs glow, talk to each other with light, imitate each other, then eat other fireflies, are on almost every continent, taste bad, are medically and scientifically useful, adults live<1mo