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TIL that pro wrestling referee Aubrey Edwards is a video game developer who has worked on the Scribblenauts series from programmer to lead producer.

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x6810 TIL: that Bob Dylan’s “positively 4th street” is referenced to 4th avenue in New York, the heart Of Greenwich Village. Where the folk scene was based and where Bob Dylan originally started his career at, with other folk artists, many of whom hated Dylan after his electric performance at Newport
kOvZE TIL that a marine's sniper rifle failed in the middle of a firefight, so he called customer support for help.
9Y9yr TIL Some of the important decisions in WW2 could not be made because Hitler was sleeping (and he liked to sleep uptill noon). On D-Day invasion, the german officers couldn't get further command from Hitler, because of strict orders not to wake him up for any reason.
OJPR TIL in Stockholm, there is a speed camera lottery where good drivers can win money from the fines of speeding drivers
nekeP TIL that in the 85 years since Pluto’s discovery, it has yet to complete a single orbit of the Sun. A single Plutonian year is 247.68 Earth years.