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TIL the names of the ghosts in the game Pac- Man are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde

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MjrA TIL during 19th century construction of Paris’s underground sewers, workers found lost medieval dungeons, jewels, and the skeleton of an orangutan that had previously escaped from the zoo.
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4OPo TIL that the four ghosts in Pacman are programmed to act differently: red chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to ambush you, orange is random.
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