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TIL we could have 4 traffic light colors

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78JpZ TIL that the reason why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t appear in more movies is because unlike the other reindeer, Rudolph is copyrighted by a Connecticut-based company. He was created by Robert L. May in 1939, for a story for a coloring book, which turned out to be a huge success.
mxWlP TIL of the gulf war gameboy. As if the console's long lifespan from 1989-003 wasn't impressive enough. A soldier's gameboy suffered a bomb explosion and was still fully playable.
Y7yrA TIL that comedian and Daily Show correspondent Michael Kosta was a professional tennis player from 2002 to 2004 before pursuing stand-up.
b9kx0 TIL that New Zealand was home to a 12-foot-tall species of bird known as the "giant moa." They were wiped around 1500 AD after settlers found the island and hunted them for food.
KOe69 TIL National Dollar Day on August 8th commemorates the day Congress established the U.S. monetary system in 1786. In 1862, the United States printed its first dollar bill. It wasn’t George Washington face, The first dollar bill featured Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln’s Secretary of Treasury.