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TIL according to an Interview with Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon, Rhydon was the first Pokemon ever created. It is also why Rhydon has a index number of #001.

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LkBMd TIL Mel Blanc, The voice of Bugs Bunny was put in a coma after a serious car accident. After unsuccessful attempts to bring him out the doctor asked “Bugs, can you hear me?”. Mel responded in the voice of Bug Bunny “What’s up doc?”. The doctors used this to lead him out of coma.
9wyrX TIL that in 2004, Dragon Tales was watched by 11 million viewers weekly and was the highest-rated children's television program with kids aged 2-5 across all broadcast and cable networks
W0eX TIL the RMS Lusitania, the ship whose sinking was the deciding factor for the american to enter WWI, was carrying ammunition making a legitimate military target just as the German had claimed
LQMnQ TIL I learned about the FDA's Orange Book, which allows you to query all approved drug and therapeutic products for sale in the US
YWXB TIL that American speech is punctuated with “uh” & “um”, English speech with “er” & “erm”, Japanese with “ā”, “anō”, & “ēto”, German with “äh”, French with “euh”– basically, every language uses different sounds to interrupt themselves while their brain is working on forming thoughts into words.