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TIL California almost got its first Major League Baseball team in 1941, 15 years before the Dodgers and Giants moved

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j6L1N TIL only four video games in North America have ever been given an "Adults Only" (AO) rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) solely due to extreme levels of violence: the canceled Thrill Kill (1998) and the initial cuts of The Punisher (2005), Manhunt 2 (2007), & Hatred (2015).
kWp1 TIL The inventor of the Super Soaker water gun was a NASA scientist who helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
d8eQd TIL it would take several months to reach the speed of light at a rate of acceleration that the human body can withstand (without inertia manipulation)
vnvx TIL that electric cars and cabs were quite common in 1909, had a range of over 100 miles, had charging stations every few blocks in NY, were quite popular with women, and people would wait for an electric cab instead of taking a gasoline cab
7AAp TIL a .25 square mile town of 5 people was created in New Jersey just so the country club members could play golf on Sunday.