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TIL that Nintendo forbids Shigeru Miyamoto from riding a bike to work because they consider him to be too valuable to the company and don't want him to get hit by a car.

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ANLGd TIL that in 2013, the British singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner streamed the recording of his album live for 5 weeks. His home studio in East London was set up with 4 cameras, to allow fans to follow every detail of recording the album – with no producer or engineer, only Faulkner and a few guests.
0wr6M TIL Tony Iommi, founding member of the Black Sabbath, replaced his finger tips with homemade prostheses made out of plastic after losing them on his last day at a steel factory , requiring him to downtune his guitar to play it, creating their signature sound and helping to define modern metal music.
4lxN TIL that there is a boiling river, deep in the Amazon, that was only formally documented in scientific literature in 2011 despite being known by locals for much, much longer
5VKN9 TIL that American Fanta contains no juice
OGnva TIL: Red spices like paprika, red pepper and chili powder should be stored in the refrigerator. Only non-red spices should be kept in cabinets.