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TIL Konami’s arcade games usually used 57300 as the default high score because 573 can be pronounced Ko-Na-Mi in Japanese.

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wLV51 TIL about the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a detailed annual record which a king was never allowed to read, to maintain its impartiality. One time, a king told others to keep his falling off a horse secret from the scribe. His request was recorded.
JYoe8 TIL in the Mongol army if one soldier ran from danger in battle he would be killed along with the nine comrades in his unit
yV5NV TIL 2010 Vancouver luge gold medallist Felix Loch had his medal melted into 2 discs and gave one to the parents of a deceased competitor who died in a practice run on the day of the opening ceremony
M7wxa TIL in 2019 research found that women buy 62% of all new cars sold in the US, and in addition, women influence more than 85% of all car purchases.
W7M1X TIL There existed a Roman Emperor whose face appears on just 2 ancient coins and we otherwise know absolutely nothing about