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TIL that in 1992 Detroit News compared a theoretical performance of Godzilla unleashed upon 1972 Detroit in Sim City to the outcome of two decades of rule by mayor Coleman Young and came to a conclusion that Detroit would be better off with the monster

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ANLNw TIL Brett Favre's football-throwing prowess in high school was nearly overlooked by scouts because his father, the high school coach, preferred to win games with a running back-oriented offense
9M67 TIL All of Japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country.
JYAXQ TIL that the oysters in Chesapeake Bay used to be able to filter the entire volume of water in 3 days. This process now takes nearly a year.
woZOM TIL that there was a Commonwealth Winter Games. Between 1958 and 1966 three editions took place in St. Moritz Switzerland.
8kjL TIL that the chanting in Star Wars’ iconic song “Duel of the Fates” is not a gibberish alien language, but a Sanskrit translation of a medieval Welsh poem. Other chants in the Star Wars series make use of Sanskrit as well.