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TIL: ‘Born in the USA’ was 1st CD Made in the US
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TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.
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TIL the earliest known maps are of the stars, not the earth.
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TIL that Creedence Clearwater Revival isn’t from the bayou, or even the deep south. They’re a bunch of hippies from right outside of San Francisco.
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TIL By stating that they were unmarried when they were hired or by not using their married names, some women were able to avoid marriage bars in the 1900s because doing so would expose them to public shame.
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TIL in 1947 Raytheon built the first commercially available microwave oven. It weighed 750 pounds, was water-cooled and cost about US$5,000 ($61,000 in 2021 dollars).