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TIL that Pokemon Gold and Silver have a well hidden function where the player can decorate their starting bedroom. The decorations are dolls, game consoles, carpets, beds, and so on. Almost all of the decorations can only be found by using the Mystery Gift feature.

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mxyBx TIL Apollo astronauts would breathe pure oxygen for several hours before flights in order to avoid getting the bends when the cabin pressure was lowered after liftoff.
WkWWL TIL Broadway actually continues North of Manhattan, and is a total of 33 miles long.
YWdr TIL, an Indian man traveled from India to Sweden on a bicycle to meet his Swedish wife in 1978. The journey took him 4 months and through eight countries.
R5w99 TIL in 2021, an advisory was issued in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for motorcyclists to install a flexible safety antenna that would connect to the mudguard or handlebar of the motorcycle, arch over the rider, and connect to the rear, in order to prevent death or injury from glass-laced kite strings.
X0goX TIL that according to the National Registry of Exonerations in the United States, 27% of those on the registry who were accused of homicide, but were later exonerated, gave false confessions. 81% of people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities also confessed when accused of homicide.