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TIL a bank developed a prototype online banking system for Super Nintendo in 1998

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gRbA TIL of the town of Geel, Belgium which practices de-institutionalized mental health care. Doctors place patients with host families to live. The tradition of caring for the mentally ill dates back hundreds of years.
8eADZ TIL Juggling is ancient with the earliest Egyptian depiction being in a 11th Dynasty (2150-1991 BCE) tomb painting. Juggling was also well established in China where in 603 BCE Xiong Yiliao made a Song army retreat through an impressive display of juggling 9 balls.
loGga TIL of Bo-Taoshi, a sport played in Japan with 2 teams of 75 players each. The goal is to try and steal the flag of the opposing team. Absolute mayhem erupts shortly after the game starts with dozens of pumped-up players jumping on top of each other to reach the top of the flagpole.
E1Kg7 TIL that the Postal Service once printed 3 billion stamps featuring the Statue of Liberty, before realizing that the picture was actually of the Las Vegas replica
LkBRV Today I learned this interesting piece of history about the 19th century colonial railroad race to Yunnan! Connecting railways lines across the Asian landscapes in a bid to exert imperial dominance in Southeast Asia.