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TIL that Nintendo created Mario because they could not secure the licensing rights to use Popeye as a character in their Donkey Kong video game.

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Bovx TIL that the FDIC strongly encourages mandatory two-week paid vacations for bankers because it is difficult to conceal embezzlement for that long while away from work
wrYJ TIL there’s a food truck in New York that sells a $666 burger called the Douche Burger. They wanted to make “a burger and pile all the rich people stuff on it and it would be the douchiest thing in the world.”
04Ry TIL that in New Zealand, names for children must be approved by the government before being legally registered. Despite this, names such as “Number 16 Bus Shelter”, “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” and “Violence” have been approved while “Yeah Detroit” and “Sex Fruit” have been rejected.
BdAe TIL that in 1917 idiots were prohibited to enter the US.
VvB TIL that Mike Judge, creator of King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead, graduated college with a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics.