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TIL In 2008, game designer Sid Meier cited the Nintendo Seal of Quality as one of the three most important innovations in video game history, as it helped set a standard for game quality that protected consumers from shovelware.

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e0LK4 TIL about the inventor of Cosplay, Myrtle R. Douglas, aka Morojo. A Science Fiction fanzine editor, in 1939 she created costumes, based on an H.G. Wells movie, for her and her boyfriend to wear to the first World Science Fiction Convention. Within several years costumes became integral to Worldcon.
p8OLb TIL one of the "Flags" in the "Six Flags" Theme Park is the Confederate Flag
6EZeW TIL Ivory Coast's Murielle Ahoure couldn’t find an Ivory Coast flag so she celebrated her 60m gold with Irish flag given to her by a spectator
xlBk TIL Strawberries can be used with Baking Soda to Whiten Teeth.
1aBXO TIL about the Delaware Aqueduct. It is a 70 year old, 80 mile long man made aqueduct that connects NYC to clean water. It has been leaking since the '90s and they are having a hard time fixing it because the only thing keeping it from collapsing is positive pressure from the water.