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TIL that Donkey Kong Country was originally going to be "Donkey Kong vs. Super Wario." The plot would have had Wario stealing a time machine built by Mario and turning him to stone, so Donkey Kong had to save him. It was abandoned because Nintendo wanted brand-new villains.

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E1AOX TIL "Ugland House" is a 5-story building in George Town, Cayman Islands that is physically occupied by the law firm Maples and Calder and is the registered office address for over 40,000 entities, including many major investment funds, international joint ventures and capital market issuers.
5VPZk TIL: In 2016 the BBC received more than 1000 complaints about an episode of children's TV show 'Fireman Sam', these complaints were then forwarded on to Channel 5, as the BBC had not broadcast 'Fireman Sam' since 2008.
J0N4 TIL of Friendship Park, a shared park on the US-Mexico border that up until 2009, families were able to meet there at any time. Since then, additional layers of fence have made it impossible for any physical touch or even to see through it, and is only accessible from 10am to 2pm on weekends.
oRgA7 TIL of the Mississippi Miracle. In 2013, Mississippi students were performing a full grade level below the national average. After a complete overhaul of their educational program, including rejection of the Whole Language literacy method, Mississippi is now a half-grade ahead of the average student
4BeR TIL to besiege an army, Julius Caesar built an 18km wall around their city. Upon learning of an approaching relief force, he built a 21km wall around the first. The armies attacked from inside the city and out, and Caesar defeated the 180k strong enemy with 60k men. The entire episode lasted 3 weeks