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TIL the ‘Tetris’ Theme is based on a Russian Folk Song about two peasants falling in love.

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Meabb TIL that squid fishers off the coast of Argentina use such enormous lights to attract squid that it shows up as brighter from space than most cities at night
WPRN TIL: When the wife of industrialist James Couzens asked for a pearl box, he donated the equivalent to $14M to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. In her empty box was a note saying, “Your new pearls will be all the children who are eventually treated there”.
8aNZ TIL Before Google launched Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free email service Garfield’s website offered to fans of the lasagna-loving cat.
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