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TIL Nintendo owns the patent on the “+” shaped d-pad design.
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TIL that The Dirty Dozen was inspired by a WWII paratrooper squadron called The Filthy Thirteen, who used to wear warpaint and mohawks into war, and were famous for disregarding military rules and laws.
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TIL that Kobe Bryant's Middle Name Is Bean
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TIL “Smarties” (U.S.) were first made after WWI using repurposed gunpowder pellet machines, which gave them their shape and texture.
v1kEK
TIL Any PCT filed patents are also valid and enforced in North Korea as it ratified the Paris Convention on July 8, 1980.
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TIL that the term “third world” refers to the political allegiance of a country and has nothing to do with its level of development.