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

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8XP TIL that over a period of 200 years, 3 ships perished at the same location of the coast of Wales, on the same day (December 5th) and all 3 had only one survivor. The 3 survivors all had the same name: Hugh Williams
l7J57 TIL Better Business Bureau reviewed Yelp in April 2023 and gave it a rating of C+ with only a one star customer rating.
epnB4 TIL about Abul-Abbas. An elephant sent by the caliph Harun al-rashid ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi to the holy Roman emperor Charlemagne as a gift that symbolized the beginning of Abbasid-Carolingian relations. The elephant died in 810 just as charlemagne crossed the rhine.
J8Om TIL there is a Spider in the Amazon that builds little picket fences around its egg pouches to protect them
b9OAj TIL "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" was nominated three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Remake or Sequel, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property