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TIL, as of 2020, the Sega Dreamcast still gets new releases

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OGaJY TIL that Alexander Fleming was Knighted and awarded the Nobel Prize for essentially blowing his nose and then several years later letting something go moldy
4kbDX TIL that Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than fighter jets and space shuttles, pulling over 5 Gs at launch!
49XN TIL that the hotel that inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining” plays the Kubrick film on continuous loop on channel 42 for all guests.
gjYA TIL that Bugs Bunny’s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position came from the film It Happened One Night in which Clark Gable is leaning against a fence, eating carrots rapidly, and talking with his mouth full.
v1k0x TIL in 1984, Johnny Carson placed a giant eye over his shoulder on the Tonight Show set to reference Big Brother. They removed it after a week because viewers were too creeped out.