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TIL In Duck Hunt, Player 2 Can Control the Ducks

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neJ4d TIL about the Dionne quintuplets. They lived in a specially built hospital nicknamed "Quintland" in the mid 1930's in Ontario. They were the biggest tourist attraction at the time, bringing in more than $50 million in revenue and were also used in film and to promote Quaker Oats.
R5Vbj TIL one of the Japanese airmen who attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 is still alive.
R7j4j TIL of this Turkish language which is not spoken but whistled, this language is used by villagers living in the mountains and the high pitch of the whistle allows them to communicate across long distances
dpJ8 TIL Peyton Manning is number 18 on honor of his brother Cooper, who had to retire in high school due to a spinal injury. His brother, Eli later went on to be the starting quarterback at the same high school, as number 18
d5ed TIL that around 60% of publicly traded companies in the US are incorporated in Delaware, where they enjoy tax-haven like benefits without having to go offshore. There’s also one building that serves as the legal address of more than 200,000 companies, amongst which include KFC and Coca Cola.