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Til that the alien resurrection game disc for the ps1 also doubled as a boot disc for pirated games

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9wgP7 TIL That at the time of his death, the inventor of kitty litter was worth about a hundred million dollars (or $849 million today, adjusted for inflation).
oj8L TIL: it’s illegal for offices in NYC to require men to wear ties without also requiring women to wear ties
4Wgg TIL of Pan Am Flight 121, which crashed in the Syrian desert in 1948. Gene Roddenberry (future creator of Star Trek) was the highest-ranked surviving crew member and took command of rescue and relief efforts.
Y7P8P TIL of the Brown Snake Eagle. It is specially adapted to target a variety of venomous snakes such as the puff adder, and has even been known to prey upon fully grown black mambas.
NBy1 TIL that the first vending machine – a device that dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin – was invented in the first century A.D.