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TIL that both the Atlantic Magazine and Rolling Stone ran an obituary for Richard Nixon penned by Hunter S. Thompson. The title? He Was A Crook.

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M7yZ0 TIL that "Yobai" is a Japanese cultural practice traditionally associated with rural areas, where young men discreetly visit the homes of unmarried women at night to engage in romantic encounters or courtship, often involving stealthy approaches and whispered conversations.
P1ePO TIL that Steven Spielberg was rejected from USC's film school. He later became a trustee and large donor to the university.
neKnG TIL Someone revived the dead ancient Sumerian language in the form of a 4,100 year old poem. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” played on the Sumerian long neck gishgudi.
EnOV TIL Nintendo is over a hundred years old, having been founded in 1889 as a playing card company.
lWJa TIL That the oldest cat to ever live was a female cat called Creme Puff. She lived to a staggering 38 years and 3 months, equivalent to a human living to the age of 170 years.