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TIL The PlayStation 2 was so popular, it was produced up until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.

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5V9Rp TIL that when Saddam Hussein was hiding in bunkers too deep for any bomb in the US inventory, the US filled an entire 16-foot hardened steel artillery barrel with explosives, welded fins to it and airdropped it, creating the first 'Bunker Buster'. Iraq withdrew from Kuwait the very next day.
aJjA TIL 1.5 million bee hives, delivered from all over America, are required to pollinate the Californian almond orchards.
n6RP TIL that in the US more people visit museums than go to sporting events and theme parks combined
vP4GK TIL the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place is still standing and is used by NYU for its chemistry and biology departments.
4krdJ TIL that in 1987, the movie Mannequin made more at the box office than Spaceballs, The Princess Bride, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, and Raising Arizona.