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TIL that the Sega Saturn had online play capability, and due to not using a service similar to Xbox Live or PSN, is still capable of being played today (assuming you have a phone line still)!

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6EAVm TIL that tobacco is third in the list in terms of "Dependence potential" (loosely how addictive the substance is) with Heroin and Cocaine being first and second respectively. Others worth mentioning: alcohol (fifth) and cannabis/marijuana (eighth).
A80n TIL that in Japan, fake food (called sampuru from the English “sample”) is a multi-billion yen industry. The replicas, which are made of plastic and typically cost 10 or 20 times the amount of the food they imitate, are mostly handmade by trained artists in an almost century-old tradition.
OGxn4 TIL that Tyrian purple or royal purple is a redish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails. Twelve thousand snails yield no more than 1.4 g of pure dye, enough to colour only the trim of a single garment.
jjpE TIL there is a UN document adopted by 178 governments on how to reorient all of human society.
YpQYG Today I learned that Lara Jill Miller not only voiced Haru from Beastars, but a lot of other characters such as Fink from OKKO and Misao from the Lucky Star English dub