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TIL: Snails have Teeth - Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material

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0wrmL TIL id Software made a prototype PC port of Super Mario 3 and showed it to Nintendo, who declined permission to fully develop it, leading to them making Commander Keen, which then lead to them being able to publish Wolfenstein 3D, and finally lead them to creating DooM.
nedpY TIL: In 2009 a Kansas City car dealership offered a voucher for a free AK-47 with every truck purchase.
Br00e TIL that the broadcast of the first episode of 'Yes Minister' was delayed due to fears it would influence the result of the 1979 UK general election.
GBB4 TIL Salman Rushdie loves Super Mario World. He played the game religiously while he was in hiding, to the great annoyance of his wife.
bBKj TIL NASA built a wind tunnel in 1965 that could reach speeds of Mach 50.