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TIL Eminem once held a top 30 world record score in Donkey Kong

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8av5X TIL Of ornithologist Ken Stager, appalled at the depredations by feral pigs upon an island's brown and masked booby colonies(reduced to 500 and 150 birds), procured a shotgun and blasted all 58 pigs on the island, saving the birds which rebounded to the largest colonies in the world(25k+ & 112k+).
0deGA TIL in October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. Seed potatoes were grown in space using technology called quantum tubers developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, combining with China’s agricultural techniques.
Wwb8 TIL that altough prostitution is legal in Portugal, it is illegal for third parties to profit from it. (So brothels are illegal)
Z8wYo TIL after completing a jigsaw given to him for his birthday, a man noticed that the puzzle showed a picture of him and his late wife who died 3 years earlier, on holiday. The couple never knew that their picture had been taken.
ANxO4 TIL about Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian-American aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, and decorated war hero. He was the first person to pilot an airplane over the South Pole in 1929 and played a crucial role in advancing polar aviation. During WWII, Balchen led covert missions for the Allies.