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TIL: Nintendo owns the rights to two pornographic movies.

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9gQM TIL that broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy, kohlrabi and kai-lan are all the same species of plant. They can all mix with each much like dog breeds with radically different traits and appearances.
P1pxV TIL From 1908 to 1940, you could choose from over 400 styles of homes to purchase through Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalog. Sears sold a house set that was 1,000 sq ft for $1,700 in 1929. If you account for inflation it comes out to about $26,000.
RV5j TIL that 156 years ago today, March 30 1858, the first wooden pencil with a rubber eraser was patented.
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