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TIL lawns take up a roughly equally sized area of the US as Texas does

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aY9y TIL George Costanza had a total of 47 Girlfriends over the 9 seasons of Seinfeld
gMXr9 TIL in 1977, the Mego Corporation decided to pass on the license for creating Star Wars action figures, unimpressed with the movie. Kenner/Hasbro subsequently took it, and since then has grossed over 6 billion dollars from the figures alone
QJX8d TIL that Diphenhydramine is marketed as both Benadryl (an allergy pill with a side of effect of making on sleepy) and also Sominex (a sleeping pill with the side effect of helping one's allergies)
doo7 TIL that full plate armor of medieval knight was about the same as the weight of the gear of modern infantry soldier (30-50 pounds)
49r5 TIL every time Pac-Man eats a regular dot, he stops moving for one frame (1/60th of a second), slowing his progress by roughly ten percent—just enough for a following ghost to overtake him.