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TIL that Nintendo gave free Wii consoles to ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone in response to the episode 'Go God Go’

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R5bp7 TIL that Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis, was viewed as “primus inter pares” (first among equals) among the kings and rulers of Europe as he commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the centre of European art and intellectual thought at the time.
0dE6L TIL The invention of the Philly Cheesesteak is credited to brothers Pat & Harry Olivieri in the early 1930s. It was originally a snack made for themselves until they shared it with a cab driver that was a regular customer at their hot dog stand, who suggested they sell the sandwich instead.
p8kyb TIL 90% of the Earth's gravity reaches the ISS, and the reason the crew float in the spacecraft is due to "microgravity". In a vacuum like outer space, objects of any weight, fall at the same speed. Since astronauts and the spacecraft are falling together (around Earth), they appear to be floating.
0NMj TIL There was actually a “Where’s Waldo?” game for NES. Due to the 8-bit graphics and almost all the mobs looking like Waldo, it was almost impossible to beat and rated as one of the worst games ever made for NES.
w6QM TIL you would have to smoke 680kg of marijuana in 15 minutes to die from an overdose