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TIL that the original Street Fighter (1987) arcade cabinet had analog rubber pads as inputs for punch and kick; the strength with which the players punched them would determine the strength and speed of their attacks.

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yQEnV TIL Teeth are only able to experience one sensation, that being pain. When you eat or drink something too hot or too cold, or a dentist operates on your teeth, you will only experience pain because that is the only thing the nerves around your teeth respond to.
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p8OBe TIL that in 1948, the overpopulation of beavers were causing problems in Idaho, so they dropped 76 beavers out of airplanes with parachutes to try to relocate the populations.
kJ6Oe TIL In Switzerland its illegal to own only one guinea pig
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