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TIL That Tetris is the best selling video game of ALL TIME.

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gJo8 TIL in 1959, U.S. Postal Service successfully shipped mail using a cruise missile, delivering cargo from New Jersey to Florida in 22 minutes
kOO6m TIL the use of the word “scoop” in the context of news stories started with fisherman scooping water sealed boxes (full of news) out of the ocean and delivering them to land before wired transatlantic communications negated the need to do so.
yQ8VV TIL that in 2015, Colorado officials had to replace the 420 mile marker on I-70 with a 419.99 marker in order to stop thefts.
8xR8 TIL The oldest known timber constructions in the world are 4 wooden water wells in the Greater Leipzig region, Germany. They were built during the early Neolithic period between 5469 and 5098 BCE.
j6eOR TIL that Mewing is a form of “orthotropics” where you can supposedly change the shape of your jawline by the placement of your tongue in your mouth. John Mew coined the idea and was recently stripped of his dental license.