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TIL Cy Young, the namesake of the Cy Young Award, isn't actually named Cy; his full name is Denton True Young. He earned the nickname "Cy" due to the cyclone-like appearance of his pitches.

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8e8y4 TIL: Pac-Man grossed $1 billion in quarters in its first year of release. In the following year, 1982, it earned $6 billion in quarters, which was more than the combined amount of money spent in Vegas casinos and US movie theaters that year.
EgQ4W TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident.
BRVx TIL The reason they use a “Clapperboard” (the black board they clack at the begging of a movie scene) is to sync the audio and video together.
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