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TIL one of the animators from Robot Chicken and PES uses a modified Nintendo Power Glove to help him animate. Its sooo ‘bad’ that it even has a fist bump sound effect for when he has to meet with the director.

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OoGgg When a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing this summer due to medical situations on board, as the oxygen masks fell down, some passengers’ phone cameras went up. But psychologists say the instinct to snap a selfie in a near-death experience isn’t all narcissism—it’s also about survival and self-preservation.
p89GA TIL most people incorrectly use the word “jealous” when they should be using “envious”. Jealousy is when you’re afraid you will lose something, envy is when you want something someone else has.
OY74 TIL that the spider that bites Tobey Magquire in ‘Spider-Man’ was chosen after a “spider Olympics,” and was then painted with body paint when time didn’t allow for a spider costume to be created
oR5rW TIL a 2007 Consumer Reports survey of 1,057 participants found that on average American women owned 19 pairs of shoes (although they only wore 4 pairs regularly), with 15% owning 30+ pairs. In addition, 43% said they had been at least moderately injured by shoes before; 8% reported sprains or breaks
VoZp TIL that horseshoe crab blood coagulates instantly when encountering one part per trillion of E Coli or Salmonella, and is used medically for detecting those. It also happens to be blue when oxygenated, and clear in the veins. (Props to Unidan for starting the bunny trail)