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TIL that the speeding up mechanism in Space Invaders was actually unintentional - the processor was just ‘more efficient when there were fewer objects on screen’

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6EPA7 TIL in 2005 a 73-year-old Kenyan man killed a leopard with his bare hands by ripping its tongue out
QJDm9 TIL of Christopher Langan, the "smartest man in the world" who broke the ceiling of the IQ scale when tested. He worked as a bouncer in Long Island for 20 years while developing his Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe about the relationship of reality and the mind
gM7pX TIL that the Manhattan projects main security was run by Dorothy Mckibbin
MMNa TIL mathematician Max Little invented a brilliant way to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease by simply listening to someone’s voice on the phone. Success rate: an amazing 99%!
xVEMD TIL That A California Aquarium Once Apologized for Calling An Otter 'Thicc,' 'Chonky,' and an 'Absolute Unit'