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TIL Ken Kutaragi, the Father of the PlayStation, was nearly sacked by Sony because he was working with Nintendo on the side without Sony’s knowledge. Sony eventually kept him which led to the launch of one of the world’s best selling product series of all time.

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XEMWP TIL the film The China Syndrome, a movie about a nuclear meltdown caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck-open pressure release valve, aired only 12 days before the 3 Mile Island Meltdown, caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck open pressure release valve
9YKvX TIL The reason for Corona's unique smell is due primarily to the clear bottles, as they do not inhibit photo-oxidation as well as amber glass.
8a7vL TIL Pete Conrad (3rd Man on Moon) to prove a journalist wrong who thought the government told the astronauts what to say while on the moon bet her $500 dollars and said, "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." According to him, he never got that $500.
PWvL TIL that a fifth wheel was a concept to help with parallel parking in the 1950’s.
Vg58 TIL if a man is physically forced to sexually penetrate someone without consent (such as being pinned or held down, or by the use of violence) or threatened with physical harm, or when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent IT IS NOT RAPE.(CDC Full report page 17)