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TIL that all the golf holes in Wii sports are 3D versions of NES golf

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awel0 TIL that Milton Friedman served as an advisor to Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet did not criticize Pinochet's dictatorship at the time, nor the assassinations, illegal imprisonments, torture, or other atrocities that were well known by then.
eBD5 TIL That ever since playing Shaggy Rogers in 2002, Matthew Lillard has been voicing Shaggy in the animated Scooby Doo.
58xR TIL that the syndrome of sneezing when under the sun is called ACHOO (Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome) (or just photic sneeze reflex)
XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
GAPJG TIL that Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first man to walk on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong, but NASA was forced to change their plans because they'd built the Lunar Module so that as the pilot, Aldrin would be seated farther from the door than Armstrong