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TIL that newgrounds.com is one of the oldest websites still around. It was founded in 1991.

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9kwG TIL that one of the three members of the Lollipop Guild (from the Wizard of Oz) is still alive. He is one of three surviving munchkins and is the only male.
oRWYL TIL Computer Shopper magazines used to be over 1000 pages, about 2 inches thick, and weigh over a pound. While at a Comdex trade show, some of the editors and writers took a pile of the magazines to a Las Vegas gun range and were surprised to discover the magazine could not stop a .22 caliber bullet
5YxJp TIL there have been more Catholic prime ministers of Japan than there have been Catholic prime ministers of Britain and Catholic presidents of the US combined
gMnxD TIL Murphy’s Irish Stout, Brewed in Cork, Ireland, had a 60 second anime advert produced by the creators of Ghost in the shell In 1997. It was the first anime advert shown in Ireland and the UK and shows six Samurais racing to make “Last orders” at a pub.
LQk8d TIL about the HMS Victoria, a 340’ battleship that collided with another ship in 1893 and sank. But when it sank it slammed into the seafloor with so much force that 3/4 of the ship is sticking out of the seafloor at a 90 degree angle