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TIL the first 3D platformer was initially called “Sonic’s Ass” because the devs figured you’d see the main character from behind a lot. The game was later released as “Crash Bandicoot”

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nMmP TIL that Shaggy’s (from Scooby Doo) real name is Norville Rogers, and is from Coolsville.
pO TIL an Olympian was born with a collapsed lung, diagnosed with asthma, stands little over 5ft, weights 115ibs and is now a double Olympic gold medalist in track cycling
R7bK9 TIL in 532 AD 30,000 rioters were killed and half of Constantinople was destroyed in the Nika Riots, over a conflict with chariot racing.
Yp81r TIL about Salvinorin A, a dissociative hallucinogen found in the plant Salvia divinorum. Used by indigenous Mazatec shamans for spiritual purposes for thousands of years, it's currently being studied as a potential therapeutic agent, as it's in legal in most countries which facilitates research.
p8jAO TIL about red frogs, an Australian organisation where voulenteers give red frogs and pancakes to partygoers.