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TIL Coca-Cola has a Robot Vending Machine walking around Tokyo, also other vending machines.

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pKPZ TIL that neuroscientists in Japan discovered a protein that is essential for rapid communication between the eyes and they brain, so they named it “pikachurin” due to Pikachu’s “lightning-fast moves and shocking electric effects.”
v15mR TIL Canada has a 50 cent coin denomination that is still minted and in regular circulation, but incredibly rare to see in transactions
OokZY TIL A proposal was made to start an Atomic Priesthood whose devil is buried nuclear waste to keep track of
l7eXr TIL that a high school has its own train station. Only four trains a day stop at Caltrain's College Park station in San Jose, California, near Bellarmine Prep school. Caltrain would like to close the station, but students and parents say that it is very busy during the stops.
d89YE TIL The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant object you can see with your naked eyes, two million light years away. It is visible as a dim, fuzzy star from a dark sky site. With binoculars you can clearly see the elliptical shape of the galaxy