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TIL a copy of SimCity 2000 is part of the Museum of Modern Art's collection in Manhattan, New York

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x8Ok TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China
MeLJ7 TIL of Inverted Totalitarianism. Not found in a demagogue but in the faceless anonymity of the corporate state. It pays outward fealty to the facade of electoral politics, the Constitution, freedom of the press etc., but it has seized all of the mechanisms of power rendering the citizen impotent.
OMb1 TIL Jónsi, the lead singer in Sigur Rós, once forgot the lyrics while performing with the band in France. He improvised and kept on singing in Icelandic “ Oh shit, I forgot the lyrics, but that’s o.k. because I’m in France where no one understands me.”
nWEeB TIL that there is such thing called "trapped keys" to prevent machines from being switched on automatically while someone is working on them
e0mGn TIL that in Virginia, the only place that can legally sell hard alcohol are ABC Stores. They are owned and operated by the state, employing 4000 employees in 370 stores, generating hundreds of millions in revenue for VA.