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TIL Reggie from Nintendo had to fight to get Wii Sports as a pack-in, free. And Miyamoto was not happy.

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XEbyR TIL that in 2004, John Hutcherson drove home drunk with a friend hanging out the window. He sideswiped a telephone-pole support wire, decapitating his friend. He continued home, parked in the driveway and went to bed. A neighbor found the headless body the next morning.
0kEM TIL Jerome Iginla donates $2,000 to charity for every goal he scores. He has scored over 500 career goals.
P10We TIL Both VISA and SAAB are examples of recursive acronyms, acronyms that refer to themselves. VISA stands for "Visa International Service Association" and SAAB stands for "Saab Automobile AB."
G4G TIL the U.S. government has specifications for its pens used by personnel: The pen consists of seven different parts and meets 16 pages of military specs, including that it be able to write for a mile with no fading and withstand temperatures up to 160 degrees and down to 40 degrees below zero.
LQgmr TIL that bats are the only mammals capable of true flight