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TIL that the Basque language is so ancient that their word for axe, aizkora, literally means stone (held) high, or stone on top.

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9wwGM TIL Konami's Python 2 Arcade hardware (Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, Thrill Drive 3, Guitar Freaks, etc) was just a Sony Playstation 2 with a 40GB Hard drive attached to some special hardware to accept coins and controller inputs
OG45Y TIL That is was believed that Tiny Tim had rickets, tuberculosis (TB), polio, and/or cerebral palsy
VwnQ TIL that a 20 year old female and a 23 year old male auctioned off their virginity. Her highest bidder bid $780 000, and his highest bidder bid only $3000
E1e9p TIL that the Beatles recorded a sound on their 1967 song "A Day In The Life", which can only be heard by dogs.
JYOJj TIL that Kingdom Hearts began as a literal elevator pitch, when a Square Enix developer ran into a Disney executive in the elevator of their shared building