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TIL in Italy, Donald Duck has had for 50 years a superpowered alter-ego who started off with grappling hooks and is now an intergalactic warrior with a rocket-shield-glove that houses the digital consciousness of his mentor.

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X0kKk TIL Research have shown that people suffering from bipolar disorder tend to die, on average, nine years prematurely
grPD8 TIL that, during the Persian Gulf War, Topps made a trading card set depicting people and equipment on both sides of the conflict
OGZ7Y Today I learned that there is a Microsoft Excel World Championship where people compete based on their Excel formula skills and it’s (like?) an eSport
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5JjB TIL in 1989 a Michigan farmer found a camera attached to balloons in his field. It contained images of what appeared to be a mutilated corpse, sparking a yearlong FBI investigation. It turned out to be footage for Nine Inch Nails’ first music video, filmed 200 miles away.