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TIL Namco has a US patent on having mini-games inside of their game’s loading screens; this is why most games have such boring loading screens

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wL1pW TIL Catherine Stevens, wife of then Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was held at an airport as "Stevens, Cat" was on the no-fly list. Her husband was chair of airline regulation but she was held before boarding due to her name resembling the former stage name of the singer Cat Stevens.
OoYPR TIL The limo JFK was assassinated in went to on be used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977
BDPW TIL a toothless geriatric lion named Frasier successfully sired 35 cubs after lionesses turned down countless healthy males before him
OoyRR TIL that the world's oldest living drag queen is Darcelle XV who at age 88 is still performing at her namesake club that she founded in 1967 in Portland, Oregon.
e0Exg TIL that the United States Dollar is solely backed by "full faith and credit by the United States" after the gold standard was dropped in 1971.