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TIL there were only 38 U.S. states when Nintendo was founded

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l4MB TIL that after Japanese War Criminal Hideki Tojo was arrested, he was given new dentures while he awaited a trial, the American dentist who made them secretly drilled “Remember Pearl Harbour” into them in morse code
VBEZB TIL that "diesel therapy" is a form of punishment used by the US prison system. Inmates are taken on excessively long journeys of days or weeks between prisons, shackled without water or AC in hot buses with poor sanitation.
d6Gd TIL Bill Murray and his brothers will call Mitch Glazer (Screenwriter of Scrooged) anytime they watch Roadhouse to let him know Patrick Swayze is having sex with his wife.
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