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TIL Nintendo refuses to do movies based off of their games because of the critically panned Super Mario Bros. movie.

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oBKv7 TIL that the No 2 most wanted student after Tiananmen Square protest, tried to turn himself in to the Chinese 4 times. The Chinese officials refused to arrest him, and he was even detained by the Japanese police when he tried to force his way into the Chinese Embassy in order to turn himself in.
LRYP TIL Bette Midler sued Ford Motor Co in the 1980s for impersonating her voice in a commercial when she refused to take part despite the copyright owner’s consent. This resulted in a new legal precedent that singers’ voices are protected from commercial impersonation.
b6kLa TIL . . . about Sadako Sasaki's poignant story in Hiroshima. Despite illness from the atomic bomb, she folded cranes for healing. Though she's gone, her legacy thrives. Thousands of cranes sent yearly echo her hope and strength.
PY5RV TIL they're called potholes because, Roman potters would dig up parts of the clay road to use for their craft, creating holes made by potters, "potholes"
x6e7B TIL that pink "peppercorns" are actually the berries of a plant in the cashew family, and can be dangerous to people with tree nut allergies.