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TIL the “Wa” in Wario and Waluigi isn’t an upturned M, it’s a portmanteau of Mario and Luigi’s name and the Japanese adjective warui which means “bad”, literally translating to “bad Mario” or “bad Luigi”.

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VMYl0 TIL there’s a comapny that specializes in custom World War I & II weapons and mini figurines compatiable with ®LEGO
9Y4k7 TIL an 'internal ocean' deep inside the earth that has three times the volume of all the oceans has been discovered
0dWdM TIL - a "Duck's Ass" was a popular men's hairstyle in the 1950's, where the sides of the hair were slicked back, resembling the hindquarters of a duck
KYryJ TIL that Magnús Scheving (Spartacus, LazyTown) made a bet with a friend to master a sport chosen by the other within three years. He was assigned aerobics, while his friend was assigned snooker. Eventually, he became a national champion in aerobics; his friend became a national champion in snooker.
vPXa8 TIL on Nov 13, 1946, NY, pilot Curtis Talbot and scientist Dr. Vincent Schaefer, working for GE Research, released three pounds of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) into the clouds at 14,000 ft. They looked back to see long streamers of snow. They had created the world’s first human-made snowstorm.