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TIL Minecraft (2009) was inducted in the Video Game Hall of Fame in 2020, along with Bejewled (2001), King’s Quest (1984), & Centipede (1980). This makes it the first game from the Seventh Generation of video game consoles (2005-13), which includes the PS3, Xbox 360, & Nintendo Wii, to be inducted.

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Dj7J TIL Star Wars Emperor Palpatine was based on a U.S. President. When asked if had been a jedi, George Lucas responded, “No, he was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name. He subverted the senate and finally took over and became an imperial guy and he was really evil.
1a4ZV TIL Germany has an electric highway (eAutobahn) that lets trucks draw power from overhead cables
yEl TIL that in Japan, “The Jersey Shore” airs under the name “Macaroni Rascals”
1Nm8 TIL Bill Shepherd, first Commander of the International Space Station, was a Navy SEAL selected as astronaut. When asked what he does best in his astronaut interview, he said: “Kill people with a knife”
lNxr TIL that the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish more related to reptiles and mammals than modern fish, was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago until fishermen caught one in 1938