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TIL Roller Coaster Tycoon Was Programmed By One Person, Using Assembly.

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VMme4 TIL Ukraine qualified for the 2012 eurovision final despite being 2nd to last place in televoting in their semi-final and being 3rd among the jury vote.
1PVd TIL Of a parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off,then attaches itself to the stub and becomes the fish’s new tongue.
Lkg8p TIL the Coca-Cola Company tried to avoid raising the price of Coke by leaving 1 in 9 vending machine bottles empty. While most nickels inserted in their vending machine would yield a Coke, some patrons had to use 2 nickels, thus raising the price.
8ardP TIL that in preparing for D-Day, the Allies fooled Germany into thinking that they would attack Pas de Calais instead of Normandy by creating a phantom army complete with fake landing crafts made from painted canvas and inflatable tanks which they moved over night
R7K5l TIL that huskies need to train to be better distance runners. While the average pet husky can only run between 10 to 20 miles a day, a well-conditioned race husky can run for 11 hours straight making up to 125 miles. They can repeat this distance for up to 10 days in a row.