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Today I learned that there was a Nintendo game called “yeah yeah beebis 1” that appears in two different trade in catalogs that nobody can find a physical copy of.

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7rKVX TIL a various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus's foreskin. And that in 1983, the last known rumored relic went missing from a town near Rome, allegedly stolen by the Vatican.
00Zy TIL that Screamin’ Jay Hawkins had so many illegitimate offspring that a website has been set up to identify them all
Y707B TIL according to a report, the media shows ageing as a societal burden, with the elderly described as a “grey tsunami”, “demographic cliff” and “demographic timebomb”. Often the elderly are depicted as villains, unfairly consuming too many of resources
yQRvV TIL the 1904 St Louis Olympics was almost entirely an American event. Due to the cost, time and difficulty of travelling to St Louis, 523 of the 630 total athletes were US Citizens.
japj TIL 10 to 15% of George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary war was Black.