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TIL that Nintendo could lose 257 000 000$ per year and still be able to survive until 2052.

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PYa0J TIL that in 2004 more than 300 people died and 500 injured in a supermarket fire because all the doors were deliberately closed under the direction of the owners in order to prevent people from fleeing with merchandise without paying for it.
lnBB TIL The jerking reaction you sometimes experience right before you fall asleep as if you’re falling, is known as a “Hypnic jerk”
dkEB TIL There are over 190 million less women in the world because of sex-selective abortion and female infanticide
b6R89 TIL that blueberries (and cranberries) are true berries, produced from a single ovary with non permeable skin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, on the other hand, whose tissue holds hundreds of ovaries with permeable surfaces, are made up of smaller fruits.
RaE8 TIL that Nicholas Cage received an Oscar nomination for his role in Adaptation in 2002 after director Spike Jonze told him to “ignore all of his acting instincts”