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69Vom TIL the first internationally available game to be released for the Nintendo Wii was not "Super Mario Galaxy" or "Wii Sports", but "Barnyard", a game based on the animated children's movie of the same name.
4XgjJ TIL that Austro-Hungarian officer Gunther Burstyn produced and patented the design for what would've been the world's first tank in 1911. Both the Germans and Austro-Hungarians rejected his designs due to a perception that such a vehicle was unnecessary in the near future.
b9ON TIL that the Mormon religion instructs their missionaries to openly lie and tell half-truths to protect the religion from criticism.
R7r0Q TIL Gene Wilder agreed to play Willy Wonka on the condition that when he made his first appearance, he’d be allowed to limp, trip over his cane and bounce back up to great applause. When asked why, he said, “Because from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”
6E6K7 TIL Studies in 'ice cores' found in Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - the mountain which supplies the Nile with its water - have revealed that a drought did take place around 3600 years ago - around the time the Bible sets Joseph's story in Egypt