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TIL that the game “punch buggy” wasn’t a clever advertising scheme, it was just a game invented by a bored kid.

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AJ4w TIL that 20% of the genetic material in a typical human nasal swab is biological dark matter that cannot be attributed to any of the existing categories of living organisms on Earth (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes)
X004D TIL that the earliest Sony Walkman models had two separate headphone jacks labeled "guys" and "gals" so you could share your music with others and not come off as being antisocial.
Zw7o TIL that in Nevada, public intoxication is not only explicitly legal, it’s illegal for any city or town to pass a law making it illegal.
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