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TIL That the Largest Denomination of U.S. Currency Was the $100,000 Bill

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OG0v7 TIL when Game Boy was first released 1989, the North America version came bundled with only Tetris. Only four other games were available: Allyway, Baseball, Super Mario Land and Tennis. Within ten years more than 1000 games were available.
J1Kgm TIL that "aubergine" is another name for eggplant
ROr9 TIL Kevin Smith, funded his first film Clerks, by maxing out several credit cards and selling most of his comic book collection and using most of his college fund along with insurance money from a car he lost in a flood just to pay for a film it at a convenience store he worked at.
yQ1QV TIL every Australian state has only one large city and the majority of every state lives in those cities.
xVOwk TIL about Easter Island. They had a highly developed civilization for about 600 years, but neglected the environmental effect of their lifestyle and ended in catastrophe. They could not escape the island anymore, because every single tree had been cut. A tragic story, but a good lesson to us all.