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TIL that you can’t play mini games while a game is on its loading screen because Namco holds that patent.

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JYk7k TIL bears at Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in MT have jobs: try to open coolers/dumpsters/containers of treats. If bears can't make more than a tiny hole, the item is certified bear-proof. The GWDC is the only place where products can earn a certificate from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee.
LQ5M0 TIL that the Great Green Wall is an ambitious ecological project in Africa aimed at combating desertification and improving livelihoods for millions of people.
6ErWl TIL of Musopen, a non-profit org. that provides high-quality recordings of classical music in the public domain, so that anyone can use them. The project emerged as a response to the big corporations in the music industry that were burying old artists, like Beethoven and Chopin, behind copyright
wbrY TIL privately owned stores such as Walmart can’t force you to show a receipt before letting you leave the store. You can politely refuse to show your receipt and continue walking out the door.
OEDg TIL Armstrong’s Limit is the altitude above which no human can survive without pressurization, even if using an oxygen mask. Water in the lungs will boil at body temperature, due to the reduced pressure.