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TIL; John Madden was offered unlimited stock to the first Madden NFL video game but declined and later called it "the dumbest thing (he) ever did in (his) life." It has sold over 130 million copies.

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LydP TIL that when a baby giggles to ‘peekaboo’ the infant has developed knowledge that objects and people continue to exist even if they are not currently visible.
ADNAn TIL that Tom Hanks was signed on to play Mario in the Super Mario Bros. film, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was approached to play King Koopa (Bowser).
jnXE TIL Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the first modern apocalyptic disaster novel in 1826, describing a group of people living around the year 2100 when a worldwide plague wipes out most of humanity.