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TIL claw machines are rigged intentionally; the claw is programmed to grab tightly only part of the time depending on how much money has been paid in

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d8aXK TIL there was a comic book series chronicling an alternate Superman timeline where he lands in the Soviet Union instead of the United States.
epVrE TIL in 2009 Burger King ran the "Whopper sacrifice" campaign, which gave a free whopper to anyone who deleted 10 friends on Facebook. Facebook suspended the program because Burger King was alerting people letting them know they'd been dropped for a sandwich
X0vXR TIL Mangrove can sweat/exert salt, resulting in salt crystals left on the leaves
pLy4 TIL of Buzzwinkle. An urban Moose in Anchorage, AK whom was found drunk on crabapples in a bar and who walked around the city adhering to crosswalks.
p0wA TIL a team of Material Scientists at the University of Texas Dallas have developed artificial muscle that is 100X stronger than organic muscle and is constructed out of ordinary fishing line.