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TIL Pokemon Gold and Silver were developed by a small team of only 4 programmers, which is why it took 3 and a half years to make.

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544Q TIL while filming the movie disaster Ishtar, the animal trainer needed to find a blue-eyed camel. He found the perfect one at the first dealer but decided to shop around. Realizing how rare blue-eyed camels are, he returned to the first trader, who had since eaten the camel.
amMA TIL The “Phone-a-Friend” lifeline on Who Wants to be a Millionaire was removed because the friend would often use the internet (instead of their own knowledge) to find the correct answer.
Jk01 TIL the container ship Tokio Express lost nearly 5 million pieces of lego due to a massive wave in 1997. Coincidently, most pieces have an oceanic theme and continue to wash ashore to this day.
N7YE8 TIL that Jimi Heselden, the owner the Segway Company died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his home in Yorkshire, England.
gMwp4 TIL NASA uses the unit of milli-pirate-ninjas (around 40.55 mW) when referring to power of the Curiosity rover components