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Today I learned there is a city in Romania named ‘23 August’ after the 1944 royal coup

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6EA8Z TIL Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important to Nintendo
0w7mj TIL that famous Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune featured in a Mexican movie called Animas Trujano. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962
rOK0 TIL a chemical, Cabergoline, has been clinically shown to eliminate the male refractory period, “thereby allowing men to experience multiple ejaculatory orgasms in rapid succession.”
xVLY7 TIL the phrase "Blood is thicker than water," which we interpret to mean blood relationships are stronger than friendships, actually comes from the phrase "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" which means that chosen relationships are stronger than birth relationships
GY1V5 TIL that the morning after Muhammad Ali lost in a fight against Larry Holmes, a 14 year old Mike Tyson promised him that when he “got big” he would take down Larry Holmes for him. 6 years later, Tyson fought against Larry Holmes and won.