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TIL that Electronic Arts once tried to buy Valve for $1 billion.

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DppP TIL that a baby red octopus snuck into a tank at Monterey Bay Aquarium while it was the size of a fingernail. It stayed alive by eating local residents, and wasn’t discovered until it had grown to the size of a fist.
8evO4 TIL the first Blue LED wasn't commercially available until 1989 and bright blue LEDs weren't available until 1993.
jkGQ TIL scientists have found that the perception of time varies as a function of mass & metabolic rate across species. Smaller animals w/ faster metabolisms can respond to visual stimuli at a faster rate b/c they perceive movements & events to unfold more slowly (like bullet dodging in the Matrix).
XEPQD TIL that there are chemicals so dangerous and deadly even the nazis said Nah
jemn TIL - in Ancient Rome when giving testimony in court, One would have to swear on their balls.