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TIL the creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri, is autistic.

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gXe9 TIL that the first U.S flag planted on the moon was knocked over by exhaust
R5wBQ TIL that was film director Mike Nichols was the impetus for split up of Simon and Garfunkel
wL9GP TIL if you allow bacteria like E. coli to grow in food, you can cook the E. coli out but you can't cook out all the toxins they leave behind, which make you horribly sick after consumption.
Xwbj TIL Teddy Roosevelt was an avid boxer and became the first American ever to receive a brown belt in Judo. He lined the White House basement with training mats and sparred with anyone that was willing including boxing champion John Sullivan, his wife, and a Swiss minister.