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TIL Only 29% of Americans realize that state funding for higher education fell by $9 Billion over the past decade

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ADAk7 TIL The ancient Romans in Pompeii had "nearly perfect teeth" because of the lack of refined sugar in their Mediterranean diets.
mpKO TIL when developing N64s Goldeneye, Rare developers used a modified Sega Saturn controller for early playtesting & originally intended for weapon-reloading to be by unplugging/reinserting the N64 controller rumble pack. Each cartridge also contains a ZX Spectrum Emulator with 10 Rare-developed games
ZGeR TIL that sweat doesn’t smell bad. A stinky “body odour” is caused when the skin bacteria feed on sweat. Their waste products are what smell bad!
oRwER TIL only three animated movies have ever received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Up (2009), and Toy Story 3 (2010). All three were unable to secure the win.
Lk0lv TIL that due to the popularity of television shows such as Criminal Minds, the FBI has a FAQ that states that no job called “profiler” exists and that “despite some popular depictions...FBI Special Agents do not get “vibes” or experience “psychic flashes” while walking around fresh crime scenes.”