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TIL that there exists a museum in Massachusetts which is dedicated to exhibiting shitty art “too bad to be ignored”

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yl5M TIL that there is a medical condition named akinetopsia where you cannot perceive the motion of objects but can still see acutely and recognize objects normally. Everything seems to be frozen in time only to “jump ahead” in time and freeze again.
v1V78 TIL an eagle stole a rabbit from a fox, carrying both into the air as the fox fought to hold onto his meal. The mid-flight tug of war over the rabbit was caught on tape by wildlife photographer Kevin Ebi in Washington State's San Juan Island National Historical Park.
jW9p TIL Universal Studios, Inc sued Sony and its distributors in 1976, alleging that because Sony was manufacturing a device (Betamax) that could be used for copyright infringement, they were thus liable for any infringement committed by its purchasers. Essentially trying to kill videotape recording.
RAeQ TIL Elaine’s father only made one appearance on Seinfeld (in “The Jacket”) because the actor Lawrence Tierney “scared the living crap out of all of us,” said Jason Alexander. He stole a knife from the set and reenacted a scene from Psycho making threatening motions towards Seinfeld.
N74O1 An international team of scientists sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches in 2016. The reason? Scientists think cockroach milk could be the next superfood.