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TIL the developer of “The New Tetris” on N64 left an epic rant hidden in the code which he thought wouldn’t be discovered for years, but was uncovered after 3 days

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ADGPn TIL In 1963 there were only 417 bald eagles breeding pairs in the 48 states. They had been ravaged by the effects of the insecticide DDT. Today there are 72,000 individuals in the lower 48 states, and 143,000 including Alaska. They are the ultimate Endangered Species Act success story.
rRL8w TIL El Paso, Texas is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston
ZpER4 TIL that for a brief period in 1919, the steamship "Saratov" was the last outpost controlled by the Latvian government, as the entire land area of Latvia was held either by the Germans or the Red Army
57rn TIL that there is a sexually transmittable cancer among dogs in which the tumour cells are passed from dog to dog during copulation.
VMEoQ TIL Nintendo bought the rights to two Mario porn parodies in order to halt their distribution.