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TIL There was a 55,000-person Yugioh riot in 1999 over special-edition cards, with riot police called on the kids at the Tokyo Dome

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wmAW TIL there is a company designing a gravity powered light for 3rd world countries. Cost $10. Cost of maintaining, $0.
N7bM8 TIL between 1956 and 1972 Goodyear worked on an inflatable rescue plane for the US military. Despite being fully airworthy, the project was abandoned when the military didn't order such planes.
rRGGo TIL The film The Shawshank Redemption remains one of the most valuable assets in Warner Brothers catalog (which has several multi-billion dollar movie franchises) and Bob Gunton (the warden) still makes six figures a year from it.
D1yND TIL Bowling was originally done with 9 pins in America, until 9-pin bowling was banned; so 10-pin bowling was created as a loophole to keep the sport going
NX0nM TIL pineapples grow in bushes, not on trees.