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TIL last year more people planned to shop on Black Friday than voted in the presidential election

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wLbRP TIL the term "Game Over" originated with light-up displays on 1950's pinball machines
ep5YJ TIL of 20-year-old Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, who was tortured to death in 2017 by six students at his university after he was accused of stealing from one of them. The students took turns pressing a steam iron against his skin, causing burns over 80% of his body.
wLB9o TIL Panama hats were never made in Panama and instead originated from Ecuador
0dNlM TILthat Psathyrella aquatica is the only recorded aquatic species of fungus in current science. The Mushroom can be found in the rivers near Crater Lake in Oregon
e4o6 TIL scientists have identified an asteroid in our solar system, 16 Psyche, which has enough iron to fuel planetary consumption for millions of years. The Earth may have as little as a century of mineable iron left, in contrast.