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TIL: One in four American cowboys were black

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QJG7M TIL the world's first movie rental store was opened in Germany in 1975. The store is still open today, and owned and operated by the same person over 40 years later.
ewRg TIL that a Legend Of Zelda prototype cartridge sold for $55,000 on eBay last year.
nW7aB TIL there's a dog show like Westminster but for rescues called "American Rescue Dog Show"
nWEjW TIL of the 1972 Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor air show disaster.
8aWKP TIL Thomas Young, a brilliant polymath, is known as "The Last Man Who Knew Everything." Some of his contributions include discovering the wave theory of light, describing elasticity, inventing the tuning method of musical instruments and many more....