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TIL The Nintendo Game Company is 123 years old

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eLL TIL That the rating for “This Is Spinal Tap” on IMDB goes up to 11 instead of 10.
R7Lp8 TIL that Scranton, Pennsylvania is known as “The Electric City” because in the 1880s, it was one of the first cities in America to have both electric lights as well as electric streetcars.
OGlLe TIL that modern Germans cannot understand what Hitler says. Even though Hitler is German, the German language has evolved so much during the 20th century that Hitler's speech is unrecognizable
1aBJO TIL about the Taylor Oil Spill, a spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004 and is STILL ongoing today in 2019 with an estimated 300-700 barrels of oil per day spilling into the ocean. There is enough oil reserve for this to continue for 100 years if not contained
9JLm TIL that the oldest known tortoise of modern times lived for 256 years, from 1750-2006. This unfortunately makes him the oldest virgin ever known with no records of his progeny.