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TIL the socialist leaders had a fraternal kiss
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TIL during WW2, because of the lack of oil, gas generators were used to allow cars to use wood as fuel in several places such as France, Britain and Finland
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TIL The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor. The President of the company happened to walk by and was impressed by a toy he created out of boredom, leading to an illustrious career.
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TIL that FM Radio first began to flourish in post WWII Germany. The allies had stripped all but two of their AM stations so FM was the only 'alternative'
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TIL there are 5 recognised Dwarf Planets in our system, one of which is Pluto. Another is Haumea, which is shaped like a giant egg.
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TIL that was film director Mike Nichols was the impetus for split up of Simon and Garfunkel