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TIL a man has invented a machine to convert plastic back into oil

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ZOOG TIL that NES games like Battletoads were made so hard because Nintendo was losing money on video game rentals. If they took a long time to beat, people would have to buy the games instead.
gGl9 TIL of a study measuring whether the tiredness/hunger of a judge affected the prospects of getting parole. At the beginning of a session, a prisoner had a 65% chance of being parolled, the authors found. This declined to almost zero by the end of a session, and leaped back to 65% after a break.
OoVd1 TIL: Venus Flytraps are native to North and South Carolina
VMRbQ TIL Nicolas Cage was initially offered the role of Shrek but he turned it down because he did not want to look like an ogre.
mx9nv TIL The Honeymooners (1955-1956) sitcom was so successful that its formula (big oaf husband, smart sassy wife, zany neighbor) have been used on hundreds of other shows like The Flintstones, Jeffersons, Roseanne, Simpsons, Family Guy, King of Queens, Home Improvement, Family Matters, Martin, etc...