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TIL In Duck Hunt, Player 2 Can Control the Ducks

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WnvB TIL About 600,000 Horseshoe Crabs are caught each year to have their blood harvested to test medicines and medical devices for endotoxins like E. coli. This is a concern as they’re now classified as “Vulnerable” and currently create the only substance able to detect these types of bacteria.
VMxkp TIL the game of checkers dates as far back as 3,000 BCE, with boards and pieces having been found in the ancient city of Ur. Checkers artifacts have also been found in ancient Egypt, dating back to 600 BCE.
jN4dp TIL the Vikings are currently considered the first creators of democracy: men and women gathered for assemblies called "Things" (þings) where they decided on laws and punishments for crimes
xVAy1 TIL that Professor Stephen Hawking, World-renowned theoretical physicist, sang in and featured on a number of songs including Monty Python Galaxy Song released 2015.
GAMGE TIL the US deported, without evidence of wrongdoing, the father of the Chinese missile/space program