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

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QJjBL TIL that male octopuses mate using a specialized arm called a hectocotylus that is sometimes (depending on species) torn off and presented to the female. There are even species that have two hectocotylized arms.
R5eEa TIL about the Mecca projection or Craig retroazimuthal map projection created by James Ireland Craig to help Muslims find their qibla.
OBd7 TIL that in ancient Rome various animals were trained to rape women.
EGxd TIL the nuclear nightmare scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) was considered “the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture” by members of U.S. federal nuclear testing labs.
x6495 TIL about the Ludlow Massacre when a corporation used the National Guard to kill the company's employees for daring to strike