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TIL G.I. Joe relaunched in 1982 because Hasbro and Marvel's CEOs met at adjoining urinals during a charity event.

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J1wdV TIL that Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video was released on VHS and sold over 1 million copies
1ZKd TIL that an experiment called the “Monster Study” was conducted on 22 orphans in Iowa. In it, half of the kids consistently were teased for stuttering and developed speech problems even when they were normal before the experiment.
LQNRd TIL Sharks first appeared around 420 million years ago, which means they were around before the dinosaurs
AXgx TIL in 1998, 90% of the pagers in the US were disabled because of a solar flare
NXAZJ TIL: Miyairi Norihiro is a modern legendary Japanese swordsmith who became the youngest person qualify as mukansa and won the Masamune prize in 2010. However, none of his blades are recognized as an ōwazamono as his blades would need to be tested on a cadaver or living person.