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TIL that Anthony Bourdain once said that the most disgusting thing he had ever eaten was a Chicken McNugget

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7rX5r TIL in the 90s, video game designer Kenji Eno learned he had blind fans, who played his games with great effort. So he designed a blank-screen game just for them: "Real Sound: Kaze no Regret." He made Sega send 1000 consoles (w/ the game) to blind people. It is still a popular game for the blind.
jNQLp TIL that even though they’re all brown and wrinkly, dates (medjool) are a fresh fruit
Aeag TIL that to lick a wound is an instinctive response in humans and many other animals. It is because saliva contains a substance that promotes blood clotting and the enzyme lysozyme, which attacks the cell walls of bacteria, to guard against infection.
VB4lB TIL of Caroline Crossey, who was the first trans woman to appear in a James Bond a film (in 1981) and the first trans woman to pose for Playboy (in 1991)
pYWe8 TIL In 1996 a parody of the video game Myst was released. It was titled Pyst, and starred John Goodman.