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TIL Google once hired a camel to do street-view photography.

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vP8QL TIL Sonic 2's story originally revolved around time travel. Emerald Hill Zone was supposed to be the “present” version, while Mystic Cave was the ruined present, Hill Top was the past variation, and the Chemical Plant was the future. This concept was used in a different manner for Sonic CD.
VM9Xk TIL about Dan Price, the CEO of Gravity Payments who slashed his own salary from $1.1 million to $70k, in order to make sure every single one of his employees received a salary of $70k
7rvrx TIL one year of fossil-fueled space rocket launches creates as much black carbon as the global aviation industry in the same period.
5V9er TIL fear of the numbers ”666” is called ”hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia”
xVk51 TIL That skulls have been found in China that are part human, part neanderthal