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TIL Sid Meier wasn’t bothered about online play in the first Civilization game, saying “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games”.

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loVjK TIL: A group of caves in Spain called Cuevas de la Araña contain multiple ancient cave paintings. One such painting is called the "Man of Bicorp" depicting a caveman holding onto vines to gather honey from a beehive, estimated to be around 8000 years old.
nerwG TIL that a man once sued Satan for all the obstacles in his life. The case was dismissed as the court found it did not have jurisdiction over a foreign prince
OoKxL TIL that during the carving of Mount Rushmore there were zero fatalities as a result of accidents. That is 14 years (1927-1941) of carving and dynamite blasts without a death.
kM5E TIL Jon Stewart dropped his last name (Leibowitz) due to his strained relationship with his father. He considered using his mother’s maiden name but thought it would’ve been too big a “f*ck you” to his Dad.
W76N8 TIL that Dolly Parton considered suicide in the 1980s. Her dog "Popeye" jumped on her and distracted her from following through.