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

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LQEg9 TIL that in the U.S. in 1902, more than half of new car registrations were for steam-powered cars. Steam engines were safe, reliable, and familiar, having already been used in trains and boats. However, they were heavy, slow to start (the water had to boil), and required constant attention.
0dwOv TIL A Native American member of the Republican Party became Vice President of the United States
RLl TIL that Mel Blanc, voice actor of most of the Looney Tunes characters (especially Bugs Bunny), has his tombstone inscription as “That’s all Folks!
eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
p5dG TIL Sir James Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, gave the copyright of Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital of London upon his death. Barrie’s only condition was that the hospital never disclose the income brought in from royalties.