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TIL “Ghost in the Shell”’s Japanese title translates to “Mobile Armored Riot Police”; the English title was created in translation

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ep096 TIL that the founder of the Paneuropean Union, the oldest European unification movement, was the Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher, and count Richard Nikolaus Eijiro. His wartime politics and adventures served as the real life basis for fictional Resistance hero Victor Laszlo.
8aZMG [TIL] the famous Vidalia sweet onion has only been in stores since the 1950's, when they were first sold in Piggly Wiggly stores.
69ynw TIL Mississippi did not complete ratification and certification of the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery) until 1995 and 2013
6E5Yl TIL Mick Jagger has a great-grandchild that is older than his youngest child.
R5V47 TIL Nintendo copied LEGO in the 60´s and outsold them for a few years in Japan. Their N&B Block series were very similar to LEGO an way more popular because they had more round shapes. Nintendo stopped the N&B Block series in the early 70s, most likely due to legal pressure from LEGO.