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TIL: The Righting Reflex is Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet; They Can Flip Over in Midair!

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0wrmL TIL id Software made a prototype PC port of Super Mario 3 and showed it to Nintendo, who declined permission to fully develop it, leading to them making Commander Keen, which then lead to them being able to publish Wolfenstein 3D, and finally lead them to creating DooM.
NXXaE TIL that Best Foods mayo and Hellman’s mayo are one and the same. So if their logos and packaging look similar, it’s because when Best Foods bought Hellmans they decided to merge the branding to retain Hellman’s loyal customers. Another example is Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream.
XEYJE TIL about the plan of a German man in the 1920s to drain some of the Mediterranean sea in order to merge Africa with Europe.
D1wnV TIL doctors were able to restore a blind man's vision with a surgery involving bionic eyes. He had been blind for 40 years.
bKOE TIL the producers of Game of Thrones wrote an episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia “Flowers for Charlie”