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TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket)

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WkxZd TIL a man hiking in Colorado scared off a mountain lion by yelling Seinfeld dialog at it
78lrL TIL as of 2014, Peru was, with around 2349 people, the country with the most citizens named Hitler
6EDYY TIL only 1% of DNA is for protein-coding genes, the rest 99% is non-coding and was once thought to be junk. Later studies found that it can't be that such a huge chunk is just "packaging material" and it is starting to become clear that it has many uses, mainly as a regulator of different sorts
B5NL TIL that all 3000lbs of confetti released in Times Square on New Year’s Eve for the last 25 years is done by hand and not machine launchers. It has been coordinated by “The Confetti King” Treb Heining for the last 25 years.
nrLb TIL that Nintendo paid Mike Tyson just $50,000 to use his likeness for three years in “Punch Out,” because at the time he was not yet the WBC heavyweight champion.