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TIL that Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.

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8XNP TIL that Teddy Roosevelt would regularly go skinny dipping in the Potomac. Once while out on a walk with Gifford Pinchot and the French Ambassador, the three proceeded to jump in, however the French Ambassador kept on his gloves. When asked why, he responded, “We might meet ladies.“
17B7 TIL that in 1967 israel attacked a US navy research ship killing 34 of its crew.
yVByp TIL construction on the 2nd Ave Subway started in 1972 but stopped n 1975 due to NYC's fiscal crisis. It resumed in 2007 where 1.8 miles of track cost $4.45 billion & a planned 1.5 mile will cost $6 billion. 1 expert stated that the Phase 1 project was the most expensive subway project in the world
eBW4 TIL A man was castaway on an uninhabited island for 4 years and 4 months and survived.
J1rrv TIL Winnie-the-Pooh was originally named "Edward." They renamed the stuffed bear Winnie after meeting a black bear at the London Zoo with the same name. "Pooh" comes from a swan the creator AA Milne and his son encountered that they named Pooh.