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TIL that the iconic theme to the original Legend of Zelda was arranged in one night from the music used in-game. Nintendo had originally intended to use a reworked version of Ravel's "Bolero", but discovered immediately before launch that the copyright had a month before expiration.

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B9JW TIL of the Forty Elephants, or Forty Thieves; an all-female shoplifting ring that operated in London from the 1870s to the 1950s.
OoGB4 TIL that in 2013 Washington state gave Boeing an $8.7b tax break to "maintain and grow its workforce within the state" - the largest tax break in history. Boeing then cut its workforce in the state by 15%
Mxpb TIL During WWII, Chinese resistence fighters mixed high explosives into flour for smuggling. The flour could be used for pancakes and safely eaten. Uneaten pancakes could still be used as explosives.
a8g70 TIL about Armin Meiwes; a German cannibal who killed and ate Bernd-Jürgen Brandes in 2001, as part of a cannibalistic fantasy both men shared. Brandes explicitly filmed his consent for the ordeal on camera. . In 2006, Meiwes was sentenced to life imprisonment.
4KPJ TIL A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. It’s budget? 15 million.