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TIL that Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario, Zelda, DK) told Retro Studios developers: “Please take care of DK. He is my friend" after a pitch meeting in Kyoto.

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6nXY TIL that in some remote parts of the Balkans there is a practice where a woman could choose to live as a man and take on the role of patriarch if her family had no male heirs, as long as she makes a vow of chastity
rrmd TIL that the Six Flags amusement park’s flags are the six flags that have flown over Texas. Namely France, Spain, US, Republic of Texas, Mexico and the Confederate flags.
D1ZND TIL Buster Keaton's famous stunt when a building facade collapses on him, with an open window fitting perfectly around his body, used no trickery. The facade weighed two tonnes, and the mark on the ground telling him exactly where to stand to avoid being crushed was a nail.
J5el TIL Alice Cooper has credited golf with playing a major role in helping him overcome his alcohol addiction. He has even gone so far as to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another. He now plays six rounds a week with a 2 handicap.
Zp4vQ TIL the Olympic Village where athletes stayed for the 1980 games was a prison. Funding to build the accommodations would only approved if it could be used for something else after the games concluded. It became a federal correctional institute.