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TIL that only Nintendo's founder knows what their name means.

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Lkyk9 TIL that there is a 25 foot replica Statue of Liberty in the river outside of Harrisburg, PA. It was erected as a prank in 1986, and was originally made of Venetian blinds and plywood. A local lawyer admitted his role in the prank 25 years later, “well after the statute of limitations had expired.”
OG0v7 TIL when Game Boy was first released 1989, the North America version came bundled with only Tetris. Only four other games were available: Allyway, Baseball, Super Mario Land and Tennis. Within ten years more than 1000 games were available.
71o7 TIL in 1929 the US supreme court voted 8 -1 in favor a Euginics program requiring forced sterilization of citizens deemed not smart enough to reproduce
yGnJ TIL: The US Air Force spent over $1,000,000,000 on software that was never used and is 1 of 9 programs 12 years late and $6.9 billion over budget
4XbJN TIL : California is an area where 2 major tectonic plates meet. Scientists say it's a tectonic time bomb because, if a large scale earthquake occurred in this fault, it will cause a devastating damage as it's a highly populated region.