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TIL there exists an official Super Mario manga that ran from 1988 to 1998

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8kXV TIL that FedEx’s current CEO and founder Frederick W. Smith didn’t have enough money to keep the company afloat, he took the remaining 5k and brought it to Vegas and by Monday morning they had 32k, enough to fuel their planes and stay in business long enough for another round of funding.
jkpQ TIL that the longest tank-to-tank kill in history occurred when a Challenger tank destroyed an Iraqi T-62 at a range of 5100 metres (over 3 miles)
oV87 TIL our fingerprints are developed while we’re still in the womb and are unique based on our movement, location in the womb and composition of our mother’s amniotic fluid
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e0Jgb TIL MLK was stabbed at a book signing. A team of doctors removed a seven-inch letter opener from his chest.