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TIL that Shuntaro Furukawa is only the sixth president of Nintendo since its foundation 135 years ago in 1889.

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nWNDG TIL Richard Berry, the original composer of the song "Louie Louie", sold his rights to the song for $750 in 1959 before it went on to be one of the most recorded songs in rock history. In the 1980s he threatened action against the publishers and they settled out of court, making him a millionaire.
v19AK TIL the original "Echidna" was not an egg-laying mammal, but a legendary half-woman half-snake who was the mother of several Greek monsters, including the Hydra, Sphinx, Chimera, and Cerberus.
e0pwE TIL Hidden Valley sells its ranch dressing in kegs
4095 TIL Queens, NY is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world and no racial or ethnic group holds a majority in the borough.
YpZwA TIL of Fan Death, a popular superstition in South Korea believing that sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan can cause death. Despite no evidence of death, it is believed the South Korean government created this myth to lessen energy consumption during the 1970 energy crisis