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TIL someone anonymously sent St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a $1 million-winning McDonald’s Monopoly piece. Although McDonald’s does not allow the transfer of prizes, they had waived the rule.

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aLkb TIL Conker’s Bad Fur Day, N64 game famous for adult themes storyline, actually came after an innocent and child-appropriate game starring Conker released a year before.
OowMY TIL that when Hans Zimmer recorded the Soundtrack for the Boxing Series, Premier Boxing Champions, he used the actual sound of guys hitting the bag or each other instead of traditional percussion
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