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TIL during the initial localization of Pokémon Nintendo of America proposed to change Pikachu to look like "something like a tiger with huge breasts" according to Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara

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XENWk TIL of "Limerence" - a state of mind from romantic or non-romantic feelings for a person that includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to maintain a relationship with the person and have one's feelings reciprocated. It is also defined as an involuntary state of intense desire.
JxKj TIL of Clifford Johnson. He held the title of most severely burned person ever to survive, after making 4 trips into the Coconut Grove fire to save his girlfriend - carrying out survivors each time. He later learned his girlfriend had actually escaped earlier. 14 years later he died in a car fire.
YpBkr TIL that astronaut Buzz Aldrin submitted a travel voucher for $31.31 after he returned from the moon
69b4X TIL the steelpan, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, now appears on its official coat of arms.
V8PG TIL the Fiddle and the Violin are the exact same instrument. The difference is the type of music you play with one or the other.