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TIL 60% of marriages in Pakistan are between 1st or 2nd cousins

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7rPlM TIL in 2007 GameFAQs had a contest to determine the best video game character. The L-Block from Tetris emerged as the winner.
rNEpd TIL 1978, when Atari's then-corporate parent, Warner Communications,refused to open additional locations, they sold the rights of Chuck E. Cheese to Atari Co-founder, Nolan Bushnell for $500,000. He was later joined by Atari's other Co-Founder, Gene Landrum, who came onboard as their CEO.
b6BRj TIL about badge engineering, which is the practice of marketing a vehicle under 2 or more brand names. A good example being the 2010 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, & Mazda Tribute, shown here
KGpG TIL Denis Cyplenkov, an arm wrestling champion and bodybuilder, has the biggest and most densely muscled hands in the world
xbOB TIL Congressman Francis Walter gave President Franklin Roosevelt a letter-opener made from Japanese man’s arm. Roosevelt denied the gift and called for it to have proper burial.