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TIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company. They didn’t make their first video game until 1978.

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oBprR TIL the parliament of Iceland, Althing, is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. It was founded in 930 CE and still held sessions even after Iceland's union with Norway in the 1200s.
W7JlA TIL that male ducks grow new penises each year during the mating season. Their penis size is influenced by social environment. In research studies, the ducks housed in co-ed environment grew longer penises than those housed in pairs, likely because the ducks in groups were competing for mates.
KOoOQ TIL that in the original Wizard of Oz book, Dorothy wears Silver Slippers, not ruby. The color of the shoes was changed to red to take advantage of the new Technicolor film process used in big-budget Hollywood films of the era.
awWM9 TIL of the "Happy ending problem", named that way because it led to the mathematician who proposed it, Esther Klein, and the one who solved it, Georges Szekeres, marrying each other.
P1aOV TIL shrimp farmers deliberately blind female shrimp, to stimulate egg production