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TIL that they're building robot spy animals with cameras in their eyes that can walk and move around to film documentaries from angles that would be impossible normally

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pbeA TIL That The World Championship in Monopoly has been held fourteen times, last time in 2015 and won by italian Nicolò Falcone. The grand prize was $20,580 USD, which is also the amount of money included in a set of Monopoly.
4keQo TIL that "the dark side of the moon" means "unknown", not literally dark. "Each location on the Moon experiences two weeks of sunlight while the opposite location experiences night."
Lk9oV TIL that playing Tetris for 20 minutes soon after a traumatic event can help alleviate PTSD.
7dDP TIL that the USA has no mandatory paid holiday or vacation leave for employees
79QO TIL that a 14 year old boy broke into Buckingham Palace and ran off with Queen Victoria’s underwear. He broke in again multiple times and in one of the instances, he was discovered under a sofa in the Queen’s dressing room.