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TIL Sega used the line “The more you play with it, the harder it gets” to sell the Genesis.

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oRW8K TIL about the Shoebill, a prehistoric-looking bird that eats baby crocodiles and can grow to five feet tall
Yp5vd TIL of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the longest-lived British princess by descent, and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She lived through six reigns- those of Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. She died in 1981, aged 97.
KOegR TIL That while very drunk, the band Old Dominion had the idea to release their newest album again but remixed it with the only word being "meow" on each track. It's called the Meow Mix and after waking up the next day, they followed through with it.
x9w1 TIL “new car smell” is carcinogenic.
Z8boG TIL The first song ever played on the lunar surface was "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra. Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, took the cassette with him on the mission, and subsequently he played it off when he stepped onto the moon's surface shortly after Armstrong.