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TIL that the awesome 3-D sound we had in ‘90s games used binaural technology, but new games can’t use it because of patent issues.

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JKBj TIL of a boat carrying horses for transportation that was shipwrecked, but the horses on it swam to a nearby island. The horses have since lost all domestication and the island has a population of more than 450 wild horses today
5gpp TIL in the early 1900s, the British equivalent of “That’s what she said” was “Said the actress to the bishop.”
54Yn TIL Len’s iconic 90s music video for “Steal My Sunshine” came about after the band decided to spend their entire $100,000 music video budget on alcohol and partying in Florida during Spring Break, without a storyboard or plan.
D1DPD TIL that when looking out for a new shell, an hermit crab will try to trade his with another but will face some competition, resulting in the creation of a line of hermit crabs, going from largest to smallest, who will shell swap until everyone has a new one that fits.
7rWmP TIL The term "Boycott" came from the Irish Land War when absentee landlord Captain Charles Boycott was subject to social ostracism in 1880 when he attempted to evict eleven tenants from the land