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TIL that there are 51 Blockbuster locations still open…with more than 50% in either Alaska or Texas.

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R4Ra TIL when the current King of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the hospital room in which he was born was declared Thai territory for the duration of the birth so that he could be born on Thai soil
5YrMQ TIL the dartboard layout was designed by Brian Gamlin in 1896 and is organized to encourage accuracy, and is mathematically considered nearly perfect. Also Gamlin died at age 44, with no actual record of his death.
NDRJ TIL In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat.
4EEo TIL that the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue was taken at the end of his 72nd birthday celebration. A photographer tried to persuade him to smile for the camera for a last time, but having smiled for photographers many times that day, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead.
Zap TIL the Donkey Kong arcade game was originally developed as a Popeye game, but Nintendo lost the license. Mario was Popeye, Pauline was Olive Oyl, and DK was Brutus.