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TIL later PS2 models can't properly run some games designed for the PS2 itself (along with some PSOne games)

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d8L57 TIL scientists have improved upon CAR-T: a living drug made by genetically engineering a patient's T-cells kill cancer cells. They found a new type of T-cell that could attack a wider range of cancers than the existing CAR-T. This raises the prospect of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment.
Be8k TIL That a woman in Ohio was sentenced by a judge to sit in the “smelliest area” of a garbage dump for 8 hours, for neglecting her pet. “If you puke, you puke.”
rN58x TIL Taurine supplement makes animals live longer — what it means for people is unclear
gMPRW TIL That Henry David Thoreau was not as isolated from civilization when composing Walden as most modern interpreters believe. In fact, he was about a 30 minute walk from the local village and would occasionally walk there to interact with people and get supplies.
Gwjj TIL The first computer programmer was a woman named Ada Lovelace, who in 1842 wrote and published an algorithm to calculate Bernoulli Numbers on Charles Babbage’s analytical machine.