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TIL Masi Oka, who played Hiro Nakamura in the TV show Heroes, founded the developer that made the game Outer Wilds.

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xVxx1 TIL a group of British schoolchildren ran their own international arms dealership during their lunch break. They bought and sold military weaponry to armies and militias around the world. This was 100% legal.
wJeM TIL there is an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, that is home to 2,500 squatters. Residents have improvised basic utility services, use motorcycles to travel between the lower floors, and the building has many bodegas and an unlicensed dentist.
97OQ TIL:In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year’s full tuition at a in state 4-year public university. This assumes the national average of the cost of a 4 year university and doesn’t include room and board.
W4QY TIL That in Michigan , saying “god damn it” makes you guilty of a misdemeanor.
VBmnm TIL that the 2011 film “The Worst Movie Ever!”, unintentionally, had the worst box office opening ever recorded. One single person paid admission to see the film during its premiere, earning it a whopping $11.