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TIL leading supercomputer scientist Satoshi Matusoka would pursue his career path on the advice of his friend, Satoru Iwata, after the two worked on early NES titles together

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poWp TIL Stalin’s body double was teased in school because of the resemblance with Stalin
Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.
Z81Go TIL In the Modern German Army, Any Order That Is Not “of any use for service” Becomes Non-Binding, Even In the Midst of Combat or If Given by a High-Ranking Official
ANOwd TIL The Ottoman ironclad Mesudiye was sunk by a British submarine during the First World War but her guns were raised and installed as Dardanelles defenses. Those guns would go on to aid in sinking the French battleship Bouvet.
KO1ZR TIL that adding the suffix "-gate" to scandals or controversies (like gamer-gate) was started by the former script writer for President Nixon to minimize the seriousness of the Watergate scandal.