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TIL that Super Mario is named after real-life businessman Mario Segale, who was renting out a warehouse to Nintendo. After Nintendo fell far behind on rent, Segale did not evict them but gave them a second chance to come up with the money. Nintendo succeeded and named their main character after him.

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NDne TIL a Master-Level NY Baker claims he was fired after reporting to his employer the that flour used for making bread was infested with insects. His boss told him to just go ahead and use the infested flour for multi-grain bread, presumably because customers would not be concerned about the crunch.
W8yX TIL there’s a service that routes telemarketing calls to a bot that wastes as much time as possible engaging in conversation
M1WW TIL a disabled person sued Chipotle because he couldn’t see his burrito being made, and was “Denied the Chipotle Experience”. He won.
jNpjM TIL of Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist working in Europe in the 1930's. She was granted an interview with Adolf Hitler in 1931, after which she referred to him as "... insecure—the very prototype of the Little Man." She eventually became the first American journalist expelled from Germany
MeNgW TIL The creator of Attack on Titan was inspired to create the Titans after seeing a drunk customer at a cafe. He was inspired by the lack of the ability to communicate even though the person was of the same species. He decided the most familiar and scary animal in the world is actually the human.