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TIL The Game Boy ran at 60 fps

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GA7gj TIL that Jess Willard who defeated Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title in 1915, was a very gentle man who had to wait for his opponent to punch him, so he could feel justified in punching back.
BgRXk TIL about ''Orange, Red, Yellow'', a painting that sold for $86,882,500
v1mBr TIL- There are 15 cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh Official/Trading Card Game that were designed by fans. Through several drawing contests 15 designs were picked as winners and turned into official cards in the OCG/TCG, sold in Booster Packs, and are tournament legal.
6EkKJ TIL that Napoleon was once interested in considering a submarine as a weapon in his military arsenal to combat ships. When it came time to look at the Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton, Napoleon decided that Fulton was a swindler and a charlatan after learning the vessel leaked.
QNlWd TIL baby bottles are at least 3000 years old. Egyptian pottery from 1500 BCE depicts women feeding babies with animal horns, and archaeological evidence shows that ceramic vessels were used as early as 1200 BCE to feed babies with animal milk.