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TIL: The last name of the V.P. of sales for Nintendo of America is Bowser.

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w66E TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch, who purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest, was fined £137 million for cutting down 237,000 trees in the Rainforest.
BgedD TIL about James Pratt and John Smith, two British men who, in November 1835, became the last people to be executed for homosexuality in England.
DGMj TIL - The “Lord of War” films production team rented 3000 real SA Vz. 58 rifles to stand in for AK 47s because they were cheaper than prop guns.
a8wGM TIL Dr. Richard M. Bucke, Medical Superintendent for the London Asylum for the Insane 1877-1902, advocated gynecological surgery on women as a treatment for insanity. In over 200 surgeries on women including 16 hysterectomies, he claimed 71 of his patients were cured or their mental health improved
m1X4y TIL the Emoticon was invented by Scott Fahlman on September 19th, 1982