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TIL of Razzle Dazzle. A carnival game that is designed to make the player believe he is ALMOST winning. But mathematically it actually is near impossible to win despite being very very few points from winning.

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p8ZpG TIL whales blow bubbles in a circle to trap fish, and then swim up through the vortex to swallow them!
ADDPw Today I learned that Cpt. William Kidd was he first Pirate to be hung over the River Thames in order to scare would be Pirates as they left for the seas.
rxdd TIL an original meaning behind the term “Hipster” was for people who laid on their sides in Opium dens.
NXMV6 TIL Air is both a gas and a fluid.
j6pDR TIL that in Cowboy Bebop the voice actors for Spike Spiegel (Steve Blum) and Julia (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) are married in real life.