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TIL in 1991 Sacramento Kings rookie Lionel Simmons missed 2 games due to developing tendinitis in his right wrist and forearm due to playing too much Nintendo Game Boy

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9YLmp TIL Bruce Lee probably died from heat stroke.
9wl9r TIL John wilkes booths body was sewn into an army blanket and placed on a tugboat for transport to the Washington Navy Yard about 80 miles north.
oBpLE TIL the United States only lost 1 of its first 50 conflicts. Every other war was either a US victory or had no clear victor. The first official defeat was in Red Cloud's War (1866) against the Lakota Tribe. Since then, the US has lost 5 out of 65 conflicts, for a total 95% win rate.
N7PnP TIL that in 1989, President Bush sent troops to Panama to capture the dictator Manuel Noriega. But because he has fled to The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, the troops couldn't get in. So they surrounded the place, and blasted Rock n' Roll music for days until he gave up.
M4r7 TIL that in 1999, Google was almost sold for $750,000 because the founders needed more time to study their schoolwork.