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TIL after refusing to log out of Halo 2 for more than three weeks after its scheduled end, the last person in Xbox Live on an original Xbox succumbed.

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8aNvL TIL that Eunice Shriver Kennedy, JFKs older sister, founded an athletics camp in 1962 for children with intellectual disabilities. The camp would go on to evolve into the Special Olympics.
N7vE8 TIL that ferns yeet their spores. They have a structure called an annulus that responds to humidity. When they dry out they curl backwards, creating tension, and then snap forwards, ejecting the spores in a yeet-like fashion.
LAbV TIL Einstein wrote a letter to Tesla congratulating him on his life’s work in 1931
VMAE8 TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
P1J9e TIL about the Drop Dead Foundation in Mumbai that fixes leaky faucets for free to save water, which has helped save millions over the years.