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TIL Monopoly was originally meant to teach people about the evils of capitalism.

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n1yP TIL Ecuador’s large monument to the Equator is not really on the equator. They marked the wrong spot 200 years ago and didn’t realize it until GPS was invented.
v1k0x TIL in 1984, Johnny Carson placed a giant eye over his shoulder on the Tonight Show set to reference Big Brother. They removed it after a week because viewers were too creeped out.
Zpgpp TIL that Neil Patrick Harris didn't know he was in ‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’ until he heard about it from a friend who auditioned for the film
G7DJ TIL The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries
lkAK TIL that the 3 best selling videogames of all time are Tetris, Minecraft and Wii Sports.