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TIL that the world record for most perfect games of Wii Sports Bowling played is held by John Bates, an 85 year old who played 20,000 games perfectly over a period of seven years.

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rRaPy TIL that port 666 is reserved by the IANA, the official body that oversees IP address allocations on the internet, for playing 'Doom'.
M7r07 TIL that the “Made in Germany” label was first introduced in Britain in 1877. It was done as a protectionist move to stop the market from being flooded by cheap German knock-offs of British products.
nld9 TIL 80,000 years ago, change from a vegetarian diet to eating meat may have enabled brain size to increase, which resulted in evolution to homo sapiens.
yD9J TIL The top 3 highest paid persons on the Department of Defense payroll are the Football Coaches of the 3 Military Academies.
4wpR TIL that Ancient Roman politician Gaius Gracchus had a bounty placed on his head that was equivalent to his head’s weight in gold. The head was delivered, but the reward was never paid because it was discovered that his captor removed Gaius’ brain and filled his head with molten lead.