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TIL Countdown, the iconic UK gameshow which has run for 35 years to date, went no further than a pilot in the US, apparently because producers thought its premise was too "brainy" to appeal to the general American public.

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yk9e TIL a Hong Kong billionaire has offered $65m to any man able to woo and marry his lesbian daughter.
lvYK TIL the lowest grossing movie ever was called “Zyzzyx Road” and only earned a $30 gross. The movie’s budget was $2,000,000.
mD5y TIL that Abraham Lincoln suffered from a lifelong “melancholy,” a condition we now call clinical depression. His suffering was so severe, that his community had to put him under a “suicide watch.”
DRxY TIL that Florida Newscaster and TV personality Christine Chubbuck killed herself with a pistol on live TV. Her last words: “And now, in keeping with Channel 40’s policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you’re about to see another first - an attempted suicide.”
9yJD TIL that there are over 5.5 million vending machines in Japan that turn over almost 7 trillion yen annually