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TIL that the North Star (Polaris) is younger than trees

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Oo6oY TIL that Nintendo's Mario takes his name from Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo's American Headquarters in Seattle. After coming into the warehouse to berate Minoru Arakawa for late rent, the game developers changed the name of their main character from "Jumpman" to Mario.
NAM1 TIL to understand diabetes, a lock and key analogy is useful. To provide energy to cells, insulin (the key) unlocks cells to let sugars in. Type-A is the pancreas producing too few keys, so insulin is injected. Type-B means rusty keyholes, which can be fixed with exercise, weight loss, or medicine.
9wOLB TIL New Zealand has a cat killing contest, with price money.
VjZ TIL that a couple who was having sex in a SkyDome (now know as Rogers Center) hotel room was televised on the scoreboard Jumbotron during a baseball game.
ePRb TIL that the Inuit saved the bladder of the animals they killed because they believed the soul lived inside. They returned the bladder to the ocean so that the animal could get a new body and hopefully allow itself to be hunted again.