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TIL that Gamespot ripped the PSX version of Alien Resurrection to shreds for its “awful control scheme” of moving with the left analogue stick and looking with the right, better known as todays standard for console shooters

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e048n TIL Penn Jillette from Penn & Teller has a patent for "Jill-Jet" a hot-tub jet specially angled for allowing women to masturbate against the water stream. The idea was inspired by a conversation with the lead singer of Blondie, whilst in a hot tub.
0dQER TIL Isaac Newton's famous "Standing on the shoulders of giants" quote was actually a sarcastic rebuttal to his rival, Robert Hooke. Accused of plagiarism, Newton parroted the phrase to take a jab at Hooke's slight build, in effect saying that Hooke's work wasn't even worthy of being plagiarized.
oBVVR TIL guard geese have been used in place of guard dogs because they have excellent eyesight, are "watchful and inquisitive", and have with strong territorial instincts.
Q75M TIL Big steel vessels have a magnetic signature, due to the polarity of electrons lining up to the earths magnetic field when the steel was heated in manufacture through welding etc, and can be used to locate where the vessel was made.
ne1dr TIL that Jane Goodall Became One of America's Most Notable Scientists — Without a College Degree. Thanks to a trip to Kenya in her early 20s, Goodall met Louis Leakey, who saw her passion for animals and ability to observe them as her biggest asset.