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TIL The Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1990, involving challenges and painful entertainment, inspired countless physical challenge game shows still popular today

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l7lwa TIL For centuries the Romans used a period of eight days in civil practice, but in 321 CE Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar and designated Sunday as the first day of the week.
0971 TIL Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of the Species” stated: “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”
dK0K TIL that “Ugly Laws” in the US banned many disabled people from appearing in public until the 1970s.
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Kep9 TIL Only very tiny amounts of the chemical in trick noisemakers can be prepared at once, as even the weight of the crystals can cause them to self-detonate.