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

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QNeRp TIL Betty White hosted a prank show called Off Their Rockers beginning in 2012 when she was 90. It lasted for three seasons.
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jQ4v TIL it is not coldest just before the dawn - it is coldest about an hour after dawn. The temperature only begins to increase once the incoming solar radiation overcomes the heat radiating away from earth.
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mxMoM TIL in fiscal year 2013 the IKEA Catalogue was printed in more than double the amount of copies than the Bible, despite only appearing in 43 countries.