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TIL Space Invaders was so popular in Japan it caused a national coin shortage

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WkBaN TIL Nintendo of America tried to make Pikachu into a humanised tabby cat with large breasts
oBy8A TIL that Stockbridge Police Chief William J. Obanhein, who in 1964 posed for Norman Rockwell famous Ruby Bridges painting "The Problem We All Live With", was surprisingly also the “Officer Obie” of Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 hit song “Alice’s Restaurant.”
JYWQ1 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt watched Duke Ellington ( a famous black pianist) and his friends play baseball when he was very young
5Y4l8 TIL 'A Different World' was a spin-off of 'The Cosby Show'. The third season finale of 'The Cosby Show', titled "Hillman", was basically a pilot episode for 'A Different World'.
oRYko TIL about Hastings Banda, the oldest president who was still ruling Malawi at 96 years old. Under his rule, women could not wear trousers and men with beards were seized and forced to have a haircut.