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TIL that Nintendo had a free phone number (206.885.PLAY) that would help you beat a level if you were stuck. It was free so that kids would beat the game faster and buy a new game.

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4XPlw TIL that in Thailand, white elephants are considered sacred and are a symbol of royal power, with all those discovered presented to the king - and that the status of kings has been evaluated by the number of white elephants in their possession. The previous king had 21, an unprecedented achievement
x5J1 TIL that in 1140, when the Weibertreu Castle was defeated by King Konrad III, the women of the castle were granted free departure and allowed to take what they could carry. Thinking quickly, the women carried the men on their backs. The king kept his word and let the men live.
JDak TIL: The town of Delta, British Columbia Canada has the postal code “V4G1N4”
kO7Q5 TIL lewis Carrol developed ideas in linear algebra, probability & the study of elections & committees. Also one of his inventions was a writing tablet called the nyctograph that allowed note-taking in the dark, thus eliminating the need to get out of bed and strike a light when one woke with an idea
oBkXL TIL that "hapa" is a Hawaiian word for "part" that has spread beyond the islands to describe anyone who's part Asian or Pacific Islander.