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TIL, The Secret about Sony's PlayStation VR Headset- One of the most popular VR headsets on the market today includes PlayStation VR (PSVR). It was secretly developed by a small group of Sony engineers in a lab and supervisors didn't know about it until it was complete.

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7pY7 TIL that Steven Spielberg was not present for the shooting of the final scene in Jaws, because he thought the crew was going to throw him in the water when the scene was over. Since then, it has become tradition for him to be absent on the final scene of one of his movies.
16omX TIL that old people smell is actually caused by a chemical they secrete through their skin. It's called "2-nonenal"
n6pG TIL The doctor who discovered that hand washing prevented the spread of disease was thrown in a mental institution for his crazy ideas.
XEAe8 TIL that the world's fastest land animal was named Sarah, a South African cheetah who, at age 11, ran 100m in 5.95 seconds (or 61 mph). She lived in the Cincinnati Zoo and passed away at 15 years of age in 2016.
4ExX TIL one million golden orb-weaver spiders lent their silk to create a shimmering, golden textile. Each spider had to be caught and “milked” by hand.