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TIL that the Minnesota State Lottery once had plans to partner with Nintendo to distribute lottery tickets through the NES, but plans fell through over concerns that children would be able to buy lottery tickets through the service.

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epyl6 TIL octopuses deliberately throw shells at each other. Researchers found that 66% of throws were made by females, often in response to mating attempts. For a creature with no thumbs or rotator cuffs, they had a 17% hit rate.
88V TIL that during its war against Iraq Iran used school-age children to clear the ground for its regular troops by running over minefields
leb5 TIL Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put up his house as collateral to get it made. “If we didn’t finish the film, I would be homeless.”
d8NRK TIL that Qırmızı Qəsəbə, in Azerbaijan, is believed to be the only all Jewish town outside of Israel and the United States.
ALBn TIL a man revived 5 rivers and brought water back to 1000 villages in India using native water-preservation techniques