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TIL Street Fighter II in 1993 eclipsed sales of Call of Duty in 2011 (adjusted for inflation)

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eKDE TIL that the word for roller coasters in Spanish is “la montaña rusa” or Russian Mountain because the first roller coasters were located in Russia and made completely from ice.
rRB5o TIL with a record of 46-2 Marvin Hagler could not get a title fight. His manager pleaded with Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy called boxing promotor Bob Arum and threatened an investigation. Arum was a tax attorney for the Justice Dept. during JFK's administration and guaranteed the fight.
KOWDE TIL the glass strong enough to bottle champagne and champagne itself was invented in England; not by Dom Pérignon in France
kKL1 TIL Because the number 8 is considered very lucky in Chinese culture, a Chinese man spent the equivalent of $145,000 to secure a license plate reading ‘88888’ in the hope of increasing his luck. On his first day with the plate, he was pulled over 8 times by cops who thought the plate was a fake.
LQW8v TIL that there was a series of Mickey Mouse-lookalike cartoon called Milton Mouse in 1930. Disney filed lawsuit a year later and they won because an animator changed the look of pre-existing Milton to significantly look more like Mickey in those films.