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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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kdR7 TIL Peter Jackson’s overuse of green screen technology in The Hobbit caused Sir Ian Mckellen to break down into tears on the set.
grX0D TIL: The state of California maintains a system of floating restrooms to keep boaters and fishermen from peeing in reservoirs
NKgb TIL of Tommy Tucker, a squirrel that wore womens clothes and performed tricks to sell war bonds in WW2.
KYGe4 TIL that in addition to being the youngest EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner, fastest to achieve EGOT, and only EGOT winner twice over, songwriter Robert Lopez (who wrote music for such works as Disney's Frozen) broke the previous record of fastest to achieve EGOT previously held by...himself.
MMWW TIL There was a homeless man who survived being intentionally fed Antifreeze, Turpentine, Rat poison, being left in -14 degree weather and hit by a taxi in a life insurance scam. His nickname became “Mike the Durable”