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TIL that the first new US Quarter of 2020 features a bat on the back

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ErRo TIL In 1999 Mike Judge got a thank-you letter from a Columbine survivor who credited “Wings of the Dope” with making her realize it was okay to grieve the boy she never got to tell she loved - even though he was one of the shooters.
vPwmR TIL I learned that Andy Weir, author of the Martian, worked at Blizzard Entertainment to make Warcraft II
epZA4 TIL That Marie 'Madame' Tussaud owes part of her fame to the French Revolution. Originally slated for execution due to her connection with French nobility she was spared and subsequently began making wax casts of some of the revolution's more famous victims including Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
6EpdX TIL: Russians have portable deapth charge launcher
dDR78 TIL Dragon Buster (1984) was the first video game to implement a double jump mechanic, and also one of the first to have a visual health meter.