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TIL "Just Dance 2020" was the final game released physically for the Nintendo Wii in North America. "Shakedown: Hawaii" would have also had a physical release on the Wii in 2020, and would have taken Ubisoft's record, but Nintendo could no longer find their Wii disc printing components in storage

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oRVyr TIL the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima was not a planned thing, and was also makeshift. They used a drain pipe that the Japanese used to catch rain water in trenches. This was also the first time an American Flag was raised on Japanese soil in WW2.
mYaP TIL The government can prevent itself from being sued, simply by claiming that to bring the case to court would reveal state secrets. In the Supreme Court precedent case, the government lied about any secrets being revealed
XEMKj TIL Sir Isaac Newton had a dog called “Diamond” who knocked over a candle and set fire to twenty years worth of his research.
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