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TIL that the first home video game console is the Magnavox Odyssey, which was created in 1972 which was created by Mr Ralph Baer, had approximately 350,000 units sold

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9w47X TIL that during the production of the film “Roadhouse” (1989), all the actors did their own stunts. Actor Sam Elliott recalled: "All the actors, as far as I know, did their own fighting. I fucking got the shit kicked out of me for the entire film."
o8Ko TIL Ancient Egyptians belived that the universe was created due to an ejaculation and Egyptian Pharaohs were required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile.
4QLa TIL In 2012, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters saved $90,000 simply by not giving out “I Voted” stickers on election day
Vwvk TIL The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador recognized nature as an entity with legally enforceable rights, making it the first country in the world to do so.
VB1Am TIL that in 1984, the Japanese Army Veterans Association, in an attempt to refute wartime atrocities, interviewed former WWII soldiers. Instead of denial, the soldiers freely admitted and described atrocities committed, resulting in the association publishing an apology the following year.