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TIL There is a large statue of Sonic the Hedgehog in a remote village in Japan. Local farmers purchased it from a closed SEGA theme park about two decades ago.

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v1wlx TIL Benjamin Franklin attempted to predict the death of his competitor, Titan Leeds. When Leeds was still alive he posted an obituary anyways. When Leeds challenged it, Franklin insisted he was an imposter. When Leeds died in 1738 Franklin publicly commended the impostors for ending their charade
6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
b9op TIL “Backpfeifengesicht” is a German term for a face that badly needs a punch
QJrlk TIL that Farming Simulator has a competitive scene.
NXMeM TIL about the Love Canal Disaster, which lead to the creation of the EPA superfund