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TIL Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball Franchise

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6EpJm TIL to explain why there are so many Japanese tourists flocking to see the northern lights, Alaskans made up a lie that Japanese couples have sex during the celestial show for good luck and a blessed child. This lie made it to the NY Times as fact and now it's a common (but false) folklore.
1lNO TIL that the best selling item at Wal-Marts are bananas
e09Eb TIL that the Peloponnesian war officially ended in 1996, when the mayors of the two cities signed a peace treaty, although it took place in the years between 431- 404 BC making it last around 2500 years.
apm0 TIL movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon
ALjo TIL: The makers of Jurassic Park designed a human-sized Raptor (normally via http://ift.tt/1Us3QxY