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TIL that Square originally chose to develop games for the Sega Saturn instead of the PlayStation. This changed after they received the development manuals for each. The Saturn's was in a loose binder, implying Sega was making changes, while the PlayStation's was bound in a book, implying confidence.

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61km TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame losing only one out of about 300 matches and once challenged an entire crowd of onlookers after dispatching an opponent: “I’m the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.”
b6M97 TIL that medical residents in South Korea are often required to work up to 88 hours per week, with many reporting nearly 100 hours of work
Br1Or TIL on Valentine’s day in Japan, women give their male co-workers chocolate. Unpopular co-workers receive cheap giri-choko(“ultra-obligatory” chocolate) while others receive honmei-choko (“true feeling chocolate”).
rEDx TIL that in 1946, a four year old Australian boy was flown to San Francisco to receive cancer treatment. Instead, he got caught in a Manhattan Project experiment and was injected with plutonium. He died one year later.
e0vED TIL that Ian Fleming invented James Bond’s signature Vodka Martini purely to create “an illusion of depth”, and hated the drink when he tried making it a few months later