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TIL that the President of Nintendo America is actually named Bowser

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5VgQB TIL Dr. Henry Kissinger was the first honourary member of the Harlem Globetrotters
4XdLg TIL in 1984 an 8 year old girl with sickle cell disease developed acute myeloid leukemia. To treat the cancer, the doctors gave her chemo and a stem cell transplant from her sibling. Not only did this cure her cancer, but it cured her SCD too. She remains disease free nearly three decades later.
DQmgV TIL the London Symphony Orchestra became the only classical group ever to have a music video debut on MTV’s Total Request Live with the premiere of John Williams’ “Duel of the Fates.” It lasted on the countdown for 11 days.
VMRyQ TIL John D Rockefeller Jr was forced to testify to the Commission of Industrial Relations for his role in (and blamed in the media for masterminding) the 1913 Ludlow Massacre where 21 people including women and children were killed in an attack on a camp of striking coal workers.
LkrpQ TIL Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps