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TIL that The Last of Us Part II is very accessible to blind players.

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4ONJ TIL the revolver was first created by 16 year-old Samuel Colt.
PYO5Z TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was originally designated as the RS-71, but when president Lyndon B. Johnson mistakenly called it the SR-71 in a public briefing the name was changed, as the president was not normally corrected.
4X6aw That’s because it’s real. What you’re looking at is the General Electric Propulsion Test Platform, a specially modified Boeing 747-400 used to try out new jet engines. In this case, it’s testing out the huge new GE9X meant to power the next generation of Boeing 777.
OoPre TIL of the Great American Horse Race of 1976 - a 3,500 mile long race with over 100 contenders mainly riding thoroughbred stallions. The winner ended up being Lord Fauntleroy, a mule ridden by a teenager, who beat the second place finisher by nearly 10 hours.
w5M TIL all mammals have nearly identical hearts. other than scale, the heart organ hasn’t been affected by evolutionary adaption amongst mammals