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TIL Mario Cart was almost called Mario Race Wars

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jNJOE TIL we perceive sound pitch logarithmically. The notes in a scale sound like they rise in equal steps but their vibrational frequencies are rising by equal multiples.
WLkN TIL that a candle’s flame burns millions of nano-diamonds every second
1Z1W TIL In 1951 a poor woman named Henrietta Lacks donated her cells to science without knowing it. Her cells would be the first “immortal cells” that could be kept alive for medical use. They’ve been used for everything from creating the polio vaccine to cloning.
MyRB TIL in the 80s, the first trawling fishermen caught orange roughy fish - the subsequent boom without restrictions has pushed them to the brink of extinction because we didn’t realise they’re each hundred years old
alVy TIL Erin the Esurance mascot (pink hair girl) had to be retired because people on the internet wouldnt stop making porn of her