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TIL the first game made by the video game developer Treyarch, known for their work on the Call of Duty franchise, was called Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 and is the lowest rated game on IGN scoring a 0/10.
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TIL that the Mexico City Metro has a different logo/symbol representing all 195 of its stations.
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TIL that a year after its initial publication in 1908, Theodore Roosevelt (then-president of the U.S.), loved the children’s book “The Wind in the Willows” so much that he wrote the author saying that he had “read it, reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends”.
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TIL that the brain receives 20% of the body’s total oxygen consumption, despite only representing 2% of the body’s total weight
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TIL Aussie 200M record holder Peter Norman who won silver at the 1968 Olympics wore a badge to support Americans Smith and Carlos while on the podium during their infamous black power salute. After this he and his family were outcasts in Australia and he couldn’t compete in the 72 Olympics.