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TIL, that gynosome exist.

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XEN1R TIL about Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a 2003 racing video game frequently cited as one of the worst video games of all time. There is no time limit to complete a race, the opponent does not move, and completing a race rewards the player with a trophy bearing the phrase "You're winner !"
R7op7 TIL about A.L.EX. (Avian Language EXperiment) the Parrot, who had the intelligence of a 5 year old human and even managed to say some famous last words: "You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you." to his caretaker.
6EkLw TIL that on ZZ Top's best selling album "Eliminator" bassist Duty Hill and drummer Frank Beard received album credits but did not attend most of the recording sessions. The album consists almost entirely of Billy Gibbons accompanied by electronically synthesized bass and drums.
8y8b TIL that ancient Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria invented the first vending machine which dispensed holy water after you put in a coin. He also invented the first steam engine and the first wind powered machine, 2000 years before the industrial revolution.
Wkd6d TIL that from the time Pluto was discovered until the time it was demoted from planethood, it still hadn't made one complete revolution around the sun.