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TIL that an Indian man tried to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent

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Lda9 TIL the entire GoldenEye 007 game on the N64 is only 12 MB.
gwgA TIL that “chemical imbalance” as a cause of depression is overly simplified, and “researchers believe that — more important than levels of specific brain chemicals — nerve cell connections, nerve cell growth, and the functioning of nerve circuits have a major impact on depression.”
1ak4 TIL A kid used his Make-A-Wish to create a video game to help other young cancer patients cope with chemotherapy and fighting cancer.
0d7Xj TIL In 2012 San Diego's annual Fourth of July fireworks show had a computer glitch, where fireworks programmed for 17 minutes all went off at once (here is one video, there are lots of others; some spectators mad, others ecstatic)
neQDW TIL that a senior officer of the B-59 Soviet submarine, Vasili Arkhipov, averted the start of a nuclear war when he made the choice not to engage in combat with the US forces near Cuba in 1962