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TIL King Tutankhamun owned a collection of boomerangs.

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xVX6k TIL that after 20 years of operation, AOL Instant Messenger will be discontinued on December 15, 2017.
Jxr1 TIL of ‘Mangia’, an Atari 2600 video game in which a mother force feeds her son with pasta until he explodes. The boy can feed animals with the food, but if the mother sees him do so, she brings out three times as much pasta as punishment. 'Mangia’ is among the rarest video games for collectors.
o0nr TIL that Ray Dolby (the “Dolby” on audio equipment) helped develop the first videotape recorder before the age of 21. After founding Dolby Laboratories, he became a billionaire by charging little for his technology so others paid him instead of developing their own.
ZpJya TIL the Swiss village of Iseltwald has seen a surge in tourism due to the K-drama "Crash Landing on You". Fans visit because it's the location of a romantic scene from the popular South Korean show
VNQB TIL a study conducted by King’s College London shows that babies who are fed food containing peanuts are less likely to develop an allergy to peanuts.