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TIL a scotch-collie dog walked 2,551 miles to Oregon--from August 1923 to February 1924--to his home when he got lost from his family while they were on vacation in Indiana.

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mx7bO TIL that for 12 years, the Mr. Potato Head toy was intended to be used with real potatoes.
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yVGa TIL Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario, Zelda, Star Fox etc) doesn’t like Donkey Kong Country, claiming it “proves that gamers will be willing to play a mediocre game if it has good graphics”.
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