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TIL two boys tried to sue Nintendo in 1999 alleging that Pokémon caused their gambling addictions.

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4XD75 TIL in April of 1968, Jane Elliot did a racial experiment where she turned her third grade class of students against one another based solely on the color of their eyes.
wLPn1 TIL of the Ben Franklin Effect: asking someone who dislikes you for a favor can make them like you
74lO TIL Astronaut Scott Kelly grew 2 inches after being in space for a year.
06rj TIL that the music video for “Runaway Train” helped bring 26 missing children home
Jonj TIL when Nicolas Cage was sleeping at his home, he was awoken by a presence. Cage awoke to find a naked man before his eyes, eating a fudgesicle and wearing his jacket. “It sounds funny” Cage said, “but it was horrifying”. Cage used “Verbal Judo” to get the man to leave. Cage now lives on an island.