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TIL It takes about 3 million presses to wear out a button on an Xbox controller

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Zplbp TIL scientists created cyborg cockroaches. They put wires the cockroaches and steer them by remote control.
WkVJd TIL that Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" is considered by some music historians to be the first "diss track" in history. The cannon battery at the climax was likely included to mock the French, referencing Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812—when the Russian army used his own artillery against him.
p4d8 TIL when a new queen bee is available, the old queen is enclosed in a ball of bees until she overheats and dies. Also known as “cuddle death”.
vdoL TIL that due to the inverse square law, the terrestrial TV and consumer radio signals which leave our planet become indistinguishable from background noise after just a few light years
mjdv TIL Tim Schafer, during his Lucasfilm phone interview, said he loved their game “Ball Blaster”, which was the name of the pirated version of the game “Ball Blazer”. To make up for it, he sent his cover letter in the form of a semi-graphic adventure and got the job.