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TIL that the Playstation’s buttons have meanings. The triangle refers to the player’s view looking forward, square refers to menus or maps, and the circle and X represent Yes and No. The creator had hoped that other people would see these icons as such, and use them for their original propose.

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0dZXp TIL that for a brief time in the 50’s, there’s was a “Atomic Energy Lab” science kit marketed for children that contained radioactive uranium, and other questionable kits in subsequent years.
OoVQ1 TIL Ravens can recognize the faces of people who have treated them unfairly and tend to avoid those people for at least a month
P5QZ TIL that Street Fighter II cost $69.99 in 1992; in 2013 dollars, that is $116.18
QrDM TIL that Mr. Rogers testified in the landmark case for people’s right to record TV programs, saying that people should be able to decide when they watch TV: “I am opposed to people being programmed by others”
Br11e TIL in 1913 Milunka Savić joined the Serbian army in her brother’s place-cutting her hair and donning men’s clothes. According to a Serbian source, she may be the most-decorated female combatant in the entire history of warfare.