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TIL that SimCity was going to have an NES version along with the SNES version but was then canceled after being in favor of focusing on the SNES version.

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JYV91 TIL that Seattle's Sound Transit renamed its proposed "Red Line" rail because the name evoked "redlining," the historic practice of denying mortgage loans to poor, mostly minority, neighborhoods, which further impoverished them.
KYjl4 TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.
XEk0r TIL there is a desease which causes yeast to grow in your digestive system, producing alcohol, making you drunk all the time
p8M4b Today I learned Shelly Winters dumped her drink on Oliver Reed's head after arguing back and forth on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1975
QNZRX TIL there's a theory that the evolution to light skin in Europeans only occurred around 12,000-6,000 years ago.