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TIL that the year 536 is considered by some scholars to be the worst year ever to be alive due to volcanos, extreme weather, and famine throughout Europe and Asia

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9GPX TIL that in 1949 at Wimbledon, “Gorgeous Gussie” Moran wore a skirt that exposed her knees, causing Wimbledon officials to complain that she was “bringing vulgarity and sin into tennis.”
x6Mk TIL that Maruchan Ramen, the ramen company, produces so much ramen noodles in a year, that if they were laid end to end they would stretch from here to Mars and back
WkY7B TIL Texas abolished last meal requests after a prisoner ordered 2 chicken-fried steaks, a triple cheeseburger, a beef & cheese omelet , a pound of barbecued meat, a half loaf of bread, 3 fajitas, a meat-lover’s pizza, fried okra, a pint of Blue Bell, and peanut-butter fudge, and then did not eat it.
JlRB TIL when Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails first heard Johnny Cash’s cover of their song “Hurt”, he said “Wow, that song isn’t mine anymore.”
KYGbG TIL Miyamoto intended for Ocarina of Time to be played in first-person to enable players to take in Hyrule Field better and let the team focus more on developing enemies and environments. The concept was trashed once child Link was introduced, and Shigeru thought it necessary for Link to be visible.