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TIL Nintendo sold more Nintendo Switch consoles in its first year than Wii U consoles in its entire lifetime.

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ZQGD TIL There was a clan of blue-skinned people in the Kentucky mountains
b6vxj TIL of the Cross Border Xpress at Tiajuana International Airport, a 390 foot bridge over the US-Mexico border where passengers can park on the American side, clear customs, cross the bridge, and board a plane that departs on the Mexican side all without ever leaving the same airport.
Lky69 TIL of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, a 19th century MP . He was involved in the reforming of insane asylums, responsible for several important child labour laws, and campaigned against the opium trade. As a result of his philanthropy he was known as 'The poor man's Earl'.
VxmD TIL more money was spent buying Central Park’s land than all of Alaska
9YoZ7 TIL of les UX an underground organization that improves hidden corners of Paris. Their work includes restoring the Pantheon clock, building a cinema – complete with a bar and a restaurant – in a section of the Paris Catacombs and restoring medieval crypts. The group's membership is largely secret.