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TIL Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s were both founded by the same man.

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jYVE TIL Beetlejuice was only in 17.5 minutes of his own 1.5 hour movie.
dD6GE TIL that over half of the cities in Wyoming have a population of less than 500 people.
vWMB TIL that Charles Darwin’s pet tortoise Harriet died in 2006
MealK TIL Arleigh Burke mistakenly led his ships into a Japanese minefield. Admiral Halsey asked him what he was doing in the minefield. Burke replied "about 31 knots." Hence his nickname '31 Knot Burke'
BrvWK TIL in 1920, the last living relative of Chief Massasoit (who helped the Pilgrims) heard Plymouth MA was erecting a statue of her ancestor out of gratitude. She pulled out a tiny basket she wove — only 3/16" tall — and said "That basket would hold all of Massachusetts' gratitude for Massasoit."