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TIL modern bikini (clothing) was named after US nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll in 1946

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rply TIL Konami had a sense of humor dealing with Nintendo piracy. If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III senses it isn’t an authentic copy the game silently reduces the damage the player deals out, doubles the damage they take, and makes Shredder immortal.
PYXxe TIL languages have different conversational representation for barking dogs.
6OXZ TIL Edison offered Tesla a salary of $50,000 if he successfully improved DC generation plants. After Tesla succeeded, Edison replied “When you become a full-fledged American you will appreciate an American joke,” and refused to pay him.
XnDX TIL of Nellie Bly, a pioneer of investigative journalist who faked insanity in 1887 to investigate reports of brutality & neglect at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. She also went around the world in 72 days
rRM4e TIL about "Little Bastard.” The cursed customized Porsche 550 Spyder, made famous in the 1955 fatal crash of James Dean. The car mysteriously disappeared in 1960.