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TIL Modern Japanese card games like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon were inspired by a much older card game from the Edo period which featured creatures from Japanese mythology.

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KYreR TIL about Thomas Wedders, a circus performer in England during the 1770s, who is believed to have had the longest nose ever. According to historical accounts, Thomas’s prominent proboscis measured 19 cm (7.5 in). That’s the same length as a standard pencil.
Y7yxA TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
Me1yA TIL: Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, lived in Maryland and served in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. He created the FBI.
JYmyQ TIL there is a genus of snake called Boiga, known commonly as cat-eyed snakes or simply cat snakes.
d81nQ TIL that in 1954, Warren Buffett tried to corner the market on Blue Eagle stamps. He bought almost 400,000 of them, expecting 2,500% gains from desperate collectors. The demand never materialized: he ended up selling his stamp stash at a loss in 1982. He never bought collectibles again after that.