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TIL that Minecraft is the best selling video game of all time, selling over a 180 Million copies since its 2011 release.

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vPOWR TIL in 1989, Tokyo was worth twice as much as the entirety of United States because of the Japanese Real Estate bubble
gMAVW TIL in 1924, a Russian scientist started blood transfusion experiments, hoping to achieve eternal youth. After 11 blood transfusions, he claimed he had improved his eyesight and stopped balding. He died after a transfusion with a student suffering from malaria and TB (The student fully recovered).
xVAy5 TIL: John Major, British Prime Minister (1990-1997), left school at 15 and only completed his O-levels years later by correspondence; this would be the equivalent of US president having only a GED.
gr6AW TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.
9Y0GX TIL of the Trans Europe Foot Race where in the 2012 event competitors raced from Italy to Norway. German Peter Partel won with a time of 14 days and 18 hours to complete the 4175 km (2594 mile) course, averaging 283 km (176 miles) per day