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JYjxl TIL when the Nintendo 64 was released in North America on September 29th 1996, a mere two games were available at launch: Pilot Wings 64, and Super Mario 64. There would not be another release for over a month.
O946 TIL a feudal peasant had to work 50-60 days/year for the lord of the manor to pay for accommodation and taxes. A modern worker needs to work 80-100 days/year to pay for accommodation and taxes.
v1E0j TIL the tomato is a berry. Its English name derives from the Aztec word for "fat or swelling fruit," and its Latin name literally means "wolf peach."
gMKnL TIL that only 7 men have lived to see their millionth hour, though more than 100 women have done so
VBlO4 TIL that the first face seen on a television screen was that of "Stooky Bill"—a chalk-white ventriloquist's dummy used by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird for his experiments to transmit a televised image. A dummy was used because the lights of this first TV studio were too hot for humans to bear.