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TIL that in the first Super Mario Bros, Mario was originally going to ride a rocket and carry guns.

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R76d1 TIL that "assload" and "buttload" have different origins. "Assload" originally referred to the load a donkey could carry, while "buttload" referred to the volume a "butt", a type of large cask, could hold.
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