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TIL Ukraine wants to ban SpongeBob and other television shows because he’s “gay”

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pYEeb Today I learned that Mario, the beloved character from Nintendo's Mario franchise, was originally named Jumpman. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981 for the arcade game Donkey Kong, Mario later became the official name of the character in subsequent games.
neeMd Short answer: No, but you’re getting veeeeeeery sleepy
d8ZBQ TIL that in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election, Walter Mondale won only one state - Minnesota, his home state. Ronald Reagan won the other 49.
DEVY TIL Mountain Dew was created to be used as a mixer for Whiskey and the name was slang for Moonshine!
oR7oY TIL Bats and dolphins evolved echolocation in the same way (down to the molecular level). An analysis revealed that 200 genes had independently changed in the same way