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TIL A man drove his 1990 Honda Accord for one million miles and was thrown a parade by Honda itself.

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j6E6E TIL that Rwandan cricketer Eric Dusingizimana created a Guinness World Record by batting for 51 hours continously (inclusive of food break) at an indoor cricket nets in Rwanda in order to raise funds to build an international cricket ground in Rwanda
e0aY5 TIL in 1982, two ex-members of the band Yes started a new band, Cinema. The actual band Yes still existed at that point, but broke up shortly afterward. Two of Yes's ex-members then joined Cinema. At that point Cinema just decided to become the band Yes.
grxA9 TIL Eminem got his name from his initials… Marshall Mathers (M&M)
4Ydw TIL Seattle has so few African Americans downtown due to racial restrictive covenants which lasted well into the 1960 preventing minorities from owning homes in certain neighborhoods.
1VkX TIL that work on the first commercial home video game console began in 1966. There was a working prototype completed by 1968, and it was released in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey.