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TIL Angry Birds and Clash of Clans have helped rejuvenate Finland’s economy after Nokia’s downfall

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0wrNj TIL that Big Bird, from the American TV show Sesame Street, does not frequently appear in international versions of the show. Instead, he is replaced with other oversized birds that vary in color and size depending on which country they air in.
rwM TIL there’s a dialect that’s spoken only by 2 people, who don’t like each other and don’t talk to each other.
Wk0wY TIL Whitey Bulger was accused of firebombing the house in which John F. Kennedy was born in retaliation for Senator Edward Kennedy's support for school desegregation in September 1975.
awLOM TIL the top 4 most watched TV broadcasts in US history are all Super Bowls
Lk5kp TIL the creator of Gillette was credited with saying "give 'em the razor; sell 'em the blades", a concept that later became a business model used by inkjet printers and game consoles