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TIL that the game Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism, and originally had two sets of rules, the other encouraging the sharing of prosperity

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4v16 TIL for Yao Ming’s first game in Miami in 2002, the Heat gave out 8,000 fortune cookies as a promotion for the game. Yao did not take offense because he had never seen a fortune cookie in China and assumed it was an American invention.
X0pZQ TIL the national anthem of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi”
grVP7 TIL that California’s 1967 Magic Mountain Music Festival was favourably reviewed for safety in press accounts, as fight or disturbances were not an issue, and at the end of the day, trash was placed in or next to the garbage cans provided. The immense crowd left Mount Tamalpais as they had found it.
16QWX TIL birds in Australia, known as “fire hawks”, are known to utilize and spread fires in order to flush out prey.
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