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TIL Chex Cereal Made a Chex Themed First Person Shooter in the 90’s. Two sequels were made.

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Aoxa TIL that Howard Stern ran for Governor of New York in 1994 promising to limit road work to night hours. He eventually withdrew, but later that year, The Howard Stern Bill was signed into law which limited road construction in New York City and Long Island to night hours.
xVwd0 TIL talk-show host Stephen Colbert half-jokingly ran for US President in the 2008 election. He stated that he would only he run if he received a sign, which came when Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, appeared on his show and gave him a replica of the the sword, 'Anduril'.
rRmNW TIL that if children trespass into your swimming pool and get hurt, you can be held liable for their injuries under the Attractive Nuisance doctrine
GY7lN TIL in 1970 a heat sensitive call button enabled a fire to call an elevator to its floor killing both occupants.
VMVWB Today I learned about Tea Parties