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TIL players who completed the games Ultima III to Ultima VII could report their wins to Lord British (Richard Garriott/Origin) and receive a Certificate of Completion in the mail. Today these certificates are highly sought-after collector’s items.

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04Ry TIL that in New Zealand, names for children must be approved by the government before being legally registered. Despite this, names such as “Number 16 Bus Shelter”, “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” and “Violence” have been approved while “Yeah Detroit” and “Sex Fruit” have been rejected.
j69BE TIL that octopuses have three hearts, and two of them stop beating when they swim.
W6Gd TIL On a late-November evening in 1987, two Chicago television stations were victims of a broadcast signal takeover. This is the video that aired
W1Ld TIL that a generator exists that runs on urine. It can provide electricity for six hours on one liter of urine. The generator was invented by four African school girls.
AW9g TIL that french poet and novelist Victor Hugo lived his last days in Paris on the “avenue Victor Hugo”, having as his address “Mr Victor Hugo, In his avenue, in Paris”.