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TIL the first alt-history novel about the Axis winning World War Two was published in 1937, two years before the war started

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aDDZ TIL that the NES gun used in duck hunt worked by you pulling the trigger, making the screen flash, surrounding the ducks (targets) in white and the diode in the gun begin reception. The photodiode in the gun detects the change in light intensity and tells the computer that it’s pointed at a target.
YPWA TIL In 1818, an Englishman was accused of murder claimed the right to trial by combat. To everyone’s surprise, the law granting him that right was still valid, and he was acquitted when his accuser declined to appear on the “field of honor.” Trial by combat was abolished the next year.
mVKy TIL that a retired police captain is the co-founder of a group to legalize drugs, and that he makes an ironclad case for it.
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kJxgm TIL Warner Bros. still makes new films for the beloved Scooby-Doo direct-to-video animated series, releasing at least one every year since 1998's Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island