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TIL Kanye West only started producing music because he had intended on making a soundtrack for his own video game.

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68MW TIL In 1988, actor Gary Busey was in a severe motorcycle accident. Busey, not wearing a helmet, was in a coma for 33 days. In 2008, a psychiatrist determined that the accident caused brain damage and that is why he is considered to have an eerie and bizarre persona.
JY6r8 TIL there is a guy who made an entire electric toaster from raw materials - mining and refining steel, nickel, copper, mica, and making plastic - after being inspired by a Hitchhiker’s Guide quotation.
jNPVR TIL William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from the White House because he thought it was "a long way to go just to eat."
N7dy8 TIL Bobby Fischer made the only perfect score in the U.S. Championship and went on to invent a modified chess timing system, which added a time increment after each move, now a standard practice in top tournament and match play.
4XQwo TIL that the “Twin Pop” popsicle was invented during the great depression so that two children could split one for a nickel.