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TIL that Goldeney 007 for N64 only had 9 developers on the team, and 8 of them had never worked on video games before.

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R5M89 TIL that the USA uses two different networks to detect and map lightning strikes in real time through the use of radio waves emmited from the strikes.
dDw09 TIL Paris has more than 44000 restaurants, with an approximate population of 2.14 million residents, that’s 48 people for every restaurant.
nll7 TIL in 1954 a teenaged Elvis Presley played his first and only show at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. He was subsequently kicked out of the venue by management because they didn’t like how he was playing country music. He vowed never to return.
oaeK TIL A 60 year old man developed a permanent hiccups after a medical procedure. It was then cured through a digital rectal massage.
dOEZ TIL that when Ferdinand Magellan prepared to sail around the world in 1519, he spent more money on sherry than on weapons.