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TIL Arizona State University is the only university in the world to offer a master of science degree in biomimicry (the study of design modeled on nature).

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6EA8Z TIL Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important to Nintendo
6ZkZ TIL that one of the main hypothesis explaining the massive dislike of clowns is the “uncanny valley effect”. The term depicts a valley of negative emotional response caused by things that look human but “aren’t quite there”
VMNnG TIL Sub-Saharan Africans were the first people to smelt iron
BgXgx TIL Despite its large population and high overall density, Mumbai has a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of about 1.3, even in some of the most central locations. New York is less dense but allows a FAR of 15
R5897 TIL of a bee that eats dead flesh and produces "meat honey."