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TIL Due to the limitations of arcade hardware in 1981, Mario was clothed in red overalls and blue shirt to contrast his arms, body, and background. The cap was added to avoid drawing his hairstyle, forehead, and eyebrows. The large nose and mustache avoided the need to draw a mouth and expressions

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mxA1P TIL King Auletes of Egypt (Ptolemy XII), paid Caesar 6,000 talents to be named "Friend and Ally of Rome". In 2018 that was roughly equivalent to $8,400,699,422.80 USD.
loRp1 TIL Bees use complicated dance motion to tell other bees where (location, distance & orientation) to find resources
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JYkok TIL of Lynn Turner, who in 1995 her husband died after being sick with the flu. In 2001, her second husband died under remarkably similar circumstances, which aroused suspicions. After investigation, it was found that Lynn had murdered both her husbands by poisoning them with antifreeze.