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TIL: NES Super Mario Bros. has Continues. At the Game Over Screen: If You Hold A, Then Press Start, You'll Start at X-1 Of The World You Died At.

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p8r4Q TIL that in 193 AD, the personal bodyguards of the Roman Emperor Pertinax, after killing him, auctioned off the entire Roman Empire. The successful bidder, Didius Julianus was emperor for two months, after which he was beheaded and replaced.
N7kVe TIL The actor Masayori Oka who played Hiro Nakamuro on The TV show Heroes is the founder of Mobius Digital games, the developer of Outer Wilds
ANQyd TIL that in 1978 a massive fire hit Rio’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM), destroying works by Salvador Dalí, Picasso, Portinari, Matisse, Magritte, Miró and many others
j6Lp TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags New Orleans was abandoned and remains untouched [PICS]
DQBNp Today I learned about the invention of the telegraph and how it revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century.