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TIL Super Mario Bros was so popular that at the end of 1985, Japan's highest-selling book was a strategy guide on how to beat the game.

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x6B4B TIL about the Capitol Hill mystery soda machine a vending machine in Capitol Hill, Seattle, notable for its "mystery" buttons which dispensed unusual drink flavors. It is unknown who restocked the machine, which originally caused the development of a local legend that the machine was haunted.
oAPA TIL Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods was once homeless in NYC and would steal purses to afford his drug habit.
Bg0mx TIL that 26 bishops/archbishops of the Church of England have an automatic right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, the upper house of the UK parliament
LkXZd TIL allegations of Walt Disney being anti-semetic are unfounded, as he regularly donated to Jewish charities, employed a large amount of Jewish employees, and none of his employees‍ ever accused him of making anti-semetic slurs
D1Vkg TIL when the NHL rejected a bid by one vote to merge with the WHA, there was a massive boycott of Molson products in Canada. Molson owned the Montreal Canadiens, who didn't want the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL. The boycott prompted Montreal to change its vote to yes, and the leagues merged in 1979.