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TIL That Nintendo was first and only company Koji Kondo ever applied to.

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WBXN TIL Johnny Cash nearly destroyed an entire species. When Johnny Cash’s truck overheated and went up in flames, he decided to step aside instead of call for help. As a result, a square mile of the forest was burned and 50% of the California Condors bird species were killed. He was fined $82,000
gXpL TIL that a real life Mowgli existed, and she’s a French girl.
DQBlJ TIL that the first ship to have electric lightbulbs (made by Thomas Edison himself) was initially denied coverage by insurance companies because of the new technology of electricity and lightbulbs.
69Bmw TIL about the most extensive, longest and largest mountain range on Earth, that is nearly 65,000km long, but more than 90% of it is located 2,500m underwater and it’s spreading at 2 to 16cm per year
DQO0D TIL I learned a man named Joel Burger married a woman named Ashley King in 2015.Burger King paid for their wedding.