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TIL that in 2000, Nintendo gave away free sports gloves to the owners of the Original Mario Party because so many players were cutting open their palms on the rotating joystick mini-games.

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BrALK TIL Disney paid Paramount at least $115M in 2010 to buy the distribution rights of Marvel’s “The Avengers”. As part of the deal, it was Paramount that was shown in the movie’s opening title despite NOT being the one who owned, financed, marketed & distributed the film. It later grossed over $1.5B.
YxRr TIL in the native language of Papua New Guinea (Pidgin) the word helicopter translates to ‘Mixmaster blong Jesus Christ’ referring to a helicopter looking like a cooking utensil belonging to Jesus Christ.
Wk8wX TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.
awvj0 TIL that Malcolm X was the inspiration for Magneto and Martin Luther King Jr. was the inspiration for Professor X
X0E16 TIL The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels