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TIL of the 1983 Video Game Collapse when industry revenues dropped 97% over two years.

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Wjx8 TIL Teller of Penn & Teller’s full name is legally just “Teller”.
mxnoE TIL: Wesley Autrey, a man who saved a student’s life after they had a seizure and fell onto the tracks at a station. A train was approaching. Westley leapt onto the tracks and threw himself over the student. All but two cars still passed over them, close enough to leave grease on Westley’s cap.
LoKp TIL that in Soviet Russia, laser weapons were developed for cosmonauts to kill astronauts by burning holes through their space suit.
D1EDg TIL That there is a manga with a parody of the Russian President as the protagonist, getting isekaied (transported) to a magical world and his adventures there.
dBG8 TIL the country of Somaliland is recognized by no other country and has received no international aid, despite the country being one of the few peaceful, stable, and quickly democracies in Africa.