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TIL The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.

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KjOa TIL Canada formally awarded Santa Claus official citizenship and gave him his own postal code (H0H 0H0) so children can send him letters
KYyl9 TIL The group that gave rise to The Beatles was The Quarry Men, a band that John Lennon had formed with his schoolmates in 1956.
nWeOG TIL, The poingnant "Web of Life" Speech supposedly delivered (or written) by Chief Seattle in 1855, was actually an invention of screen writer Ted Perry for the 1972 environmental film Home
OGOOY TIL that David Bowie's “Space Oddity” was banned by the BBC in July 1969 during Apollo 11 due to its perceived bleak astronaut theme. After the Moon landing succeeded, the ban was lifted and it became a hit and was even used in BBC coverage.
XRyD TIL In 1956 Spanish athlete Félix Erausquin broke the Javelin world record from 83 to 112 meters by spinning it around like a Discus. The technique was later banned by the IAAF because it was seen as too dangerous.