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TIL a new SNES game will be released in 2013

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4kE8R TIL for Hawaiians, water (wai) symbolizes life. The Hawaiian word for prosperity or wealth, is 'waiwai', literally means 'water-water'. Many names in Hawaiian have the word 'wai' in it, referring to the water source that the people relied on at that time.
AD8ya TIL The 1970 Kent State Shootings directly led to the formation of the band DEVO, when co-founder Gerald Casale's friend Jeffery Miller was killed and a "devolution" joke between friends became serious.
VBXlQ TIL Shel Silverstein wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue." Johnny Cash's version is a cover.
GYaZE TIL mangoes can increase and prolong a cannabis high
yQwba TIL that the manual alphabet for sign language was created by a Spanish Benedictine monk named Pedro Ponce de León in the 16th century as a pushback against the ‘Deaf are dumb’ prejudice that began during the Renaissance