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TIL in 2018 Nabisco freed its animal cracker mascots from their cages, changing a box design that was used since 1902.

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epdE6 TIL The world's first Tokamak fusion reactor will start producing deuterium and tritium plasmas in the 2030s, and just the initial experimental trials will consume the totality of the world's tritium supply, most of which comes from Canada, or Canadian-designed CANDU reactors abroad.
AxXg TIL Seattle fans cheered and celebrated so loudly during Marshawn Lynch’s 67 yard run in which he broke 9 tackles and scored the winning run that it registered earthquake activity on many nearby instruments.
kgOW TIL of Godwin’s law. It states “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one”.
o78K TIL that when Nirvana was asked to play Top of the Pops, they were told they can’t play instruments. Angry at this, Kurt sang in a deep voice and missed frets intentionally, Krist just spun his bass over his head continuesly, and Dave danced behind his drumkit.
QJaaL TIL the popular combination of WASD keys used in gaming, especially FPS games, was made popular by a gamer named Denish Fong when he won a PC gaming tournament in May of 1997.