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GOyG TIL Randy Johnson is the oldest pitcher to pitch a perfect game and the only one who accidentally exploded a bird.
8e8y4 TIL: Pac-Man grossed $1 billion in quarters in its first year of release. In the following year, 1982, it earned $6 billion in quarters, which was more than the combined amount of money spent in Vegas casinos and US movie theaters that year.
5YvE9 TIL that the main reason for Japans Surrender in WW2, was not due to the Atomic Bombs, but because the Soviets declared war and lead a massive invasion of Manchuria on the same day as Fat Man was dropped. Surprising the Japanese and dashing any hope of a conditional surrender with Soviet Support.
R7701 TIL that Kalawao County, Hawaii, is the least-populated county in the United States and occupies the least area of any county
b9ma0 TIL that each strand of corn silk is attached to an individual corn kernel