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TIL Nintendo Power stopped accepting the many Tetris highscores submitted by Steve Wozniak. So he reversed his name, and Evets Kainzow was printed.

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OGlj1 TIL that Aaron Sorkin refitted a speech written for and rejected by former CA Gov. Gray Davis to address the events of September 11th. It went on to be one of the most iconic moments in the West Wing
N7aMJ TIL a video recording of the last moments aboard the columbia shuttle was found in the debris undamaged
9welm TIL in the 2000, an American-British consortium offered ABBA $1 Billion USD to do a 100-show tour, they declined.
J1mDv TIL that goats have rectangular pupils, which give them a wider field of vision to spot predators.
yQbD8 TIL Rat poison is actually an anti coagulant mixed with stuff like fiberglass. Rats are always scraping and squeezing and they build up these minor injuries, the anti coagulant stops their blood from clotting properly and they internally hemorrhage to death.