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TIL that from 1987 to 2005, there was a Nintendo Power Hotline that players could call to talk to gameplay counselors to get help and advice for Nintendo games. Some of the counselors were also highlighted in the "Counselors' Corner" section of Nintendo Power magazine.

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4evX TIL in the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don’t die by other means (which is common), Peter “thins them out.” The author never clarifies whether this means they’re executed or banished.
4k8Y5 TIL Banana peels are edible.
W7O5L TIL Catholic and Coptic Orthodox people claim to have seen the Virgin Mary (the so-called “Marian apparitions”), the first in 40 AD in Zaragoza (Spain) and the most recent in 2009 in Warraq, Egypt. These apparitions have even taken place in countries where Christianity is not the dominant religion,
R7Dxl TIL that Smash Mouth's "All Star" originally contained the line, "Say bye bye to your soul" instead of "all that glitters is gold".
E1aEo TIL that the cottage where Ulysses Grant finished his memoirs is now an historic monument and is kept how it was when he died. On his desk is a large bottle of liquid cocaine. Park rangers check it annually to make sure it is all there.