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TIL that the more games you played on the PS2 Console, the more towers flowed in the loading screen. The longer you played represented how high the towers went.

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4XmEo TIL the NASA Saturn V program (rocket for moon landings) cost $34.4B in 2018 dollars over its life. That's compared to the total 2020 NASA budget of $22.6B
p8dnZ TIL that latchkey incontinence is the phenomenon where the closer that one gets to the restroom, the more urgently one has to use the restroom
5Vn18 TIL cactus fossils don't exist
QJ6nL TIL birds have specialized cells in their eyes that allow them to see the earth's magnetic fields. They use this for navigation during migration season.
opQY TIL the U.S. Government spends more on Oil Industry Subsidies than the entire budget for NASA.