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TIL Chuck E. Cheese was founded by the same guy who co-founded Atari and invented Pong

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awx1M TIL of “Black Monday” which was a stock market crash in 1987. The Dow Jones fell 22.6% and worldwide losses were estimated at $1.7 trillion.
gng8 TIL all 100 nuclear reactors now operating in the U.S. were built on or before 1977
xlpk TIL L. Ron Hubbard considered himself a nuclear physicist, though “His university records indicate that his exposure to ‘nuclear physics’ consisted of one class in 'atomic and molecular phenomena’ for which he earned an 'F’ grade.”
YoAr TIL that “multitasking” as we know it is a myth. Rather, people who are good at “multitasking” are actually good at micro-prioritizing many different tasks.
4Xgra TIL that Walt Disney's original idea for EPCOT was an entire city of people living in Disney World. Everyone was required to work, and since EPCOT would own their land or home, nobody would have any municipal voting rights.