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TIL that Square originally chose to develop games for the Sega Saturn instead of the PlayStation. This changed after they received the development manuals for each. The Saturn's was in a loose binder, implying Sega was making changes, while the PlayStation's was bound in a book, implying confidence.

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R7jrQ TIL Scientists have discovered a remarkable fossil of 180-million-year-old 'sea monster' preserved its Jurassic-era blubber and skin. The creature was a warm-blooded ‘fish- lizard.' The uniqueness of this find comes in the fact that warm-blooded is an unusual quality in a reptile.
GYGV7 TIL a Russian eagle named "Min" & 3 other eagles being tracked by scientists unexpectedly flew into Iran/Pakistan; the birds racked up so many out-of-network data roaming charges on SMS text transmitters that scientists had to take out a loan & ask for help on social media to pay off the phone bill.
pY6Jb TIL Charlie chaplain was born 4 days apart from Hitler. Both had the same mustache style, both grew up in poverty. Chaplains first full sound film was The Great Dictator, satirizing Hitler. He spent two years writing the script, but filming started 6 days after Britain declared war on Germany.
Y7ZW TIL that the stronger a man is physically, the more likely his political beliefs will be aligned with his own selfish interests as opposed to the common good.
a0r9 TIL the Germans had a “curved barrel device” to shoot around corners