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TIL of the Gruen transfer - the moment when you enter a shopping mall and forget why you’re there because of the intentionally confusing layout.

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kOYbd TIL There is an infantry style rocket launcher that carries a nuclear payload called the "Davey Crockett"
eYMb TIL Despite having overlapping protection in almost all places, bomb suits leave the hands and forearms completely unprotected so that the technician has greater mobility.
8aAQ4 TIL: Cats can recognize their owners voice and tone when they are calling for them from other voices and background noises. Their brain registers the sound, but the cat just can’t be bothered to respons.
GA4QJ TIL that in 2003 Hideo Kojima designed a Game Boy Advance game with a light sensor built into the cartridge. The player's in-game weapon is charged by taking the game outside and playing it in natural sunlight, and game mechanics change when it's dark out in your area
L0Wd TIL the two men who penned the song ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ had never previously been to a baseball game.