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TIL the Sega Master System is still alive in Brazil with new games still being made

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yQ0Lw TIL that scientists were surprised to learn about the frequency of the earth's magnetic field reversals, which has flipped 26 times in the past million years
MeVQ0 TIL that actor Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul was fully trained as a Cinnabon employee to prepare for his role, and even refused a hand double - insisting on using his own hands in the bun-preparing montages
xoA7 TIL that in 1946, armed citizens in a Tennessee county fought a gun battle with corrupt local authorities to ensure a fair election AND they made a movie about it
PjRL TIL that in 1944 in South Carolina they used a Bible as a booster seat to electrocute a 14 year old boy.
D16ne TIL Emily Blunt was supposed to play Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) in the MCU. But she had to be in a film she "didn't want" to be in. This is because of her contractual obligation to be in Gulliver's Travels.