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TIL Nintendo owns the patent on the “+” shaped d-pad design.

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P19GJ TIL: Ken McElroy, known as "the town bully," was murdered in 1982 in front of 30-46 witnesses by at least two shooters. But nobody saw anything, and the murder remains unsolved. Fascinating story.
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