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TIL you can play as the duck in Duck Hunt.

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5XXk TIL that Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon whilst filming a fight scene for Troy… as Achilles.
pJLO [TIL] that a reservoir near LA was covered with black balls to keep the sun out.
MeYa TIL Xiang Yu the night before attacking the Qin dynasty burnt all his own boats and cooking equiptment so his troops had no other option but to fight till victory or perish
AxRo TIL Richard Nixon said in August 1970 about same-sex marriage: “I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!”
MY0K TIL Vietnamese people would adopt the names of kings to show their loyalty. The Nguyen Dynasty was the last Vietnamese Dynasty, explaining why Nguyen is a popular last name.