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TIL that the towers shown during the Playstation 2’s startup represented games played, one for every game. Tower height was the game’s playtime.

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Z8bjp TIL The Dallas Cowboys were founded when Clint Murchison Jr. inherited his oil tycoon father's fortune of $200 million ($1.4 billion in today's money) and decided to start his own football team with the money.
vP48j TIL there’s a colour called International Orange.
xVeww TIL the creators of "Parks and Recreation" did research for the show by interviewing actual government officials. One said, "Well, I’m a libertarian, so I don’t really believe in the mission of my job. Yes, I’m aware of the irony." The character of Ron Swanson was born.
6EmXQ TIL Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a member of the music group ABBA, was one of the Nazi “master race ” Lebensborn children
kOK5W TIL: Robert Moses who built bridges across his parkways low in order to "restrict the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families," who did not own cars and would arrive by bus