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

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M77o0 TIL that scientists have studied the Poop Knife. No, not the one you're thinking of. The story of an Inuit who supposedly created a knife by freezing his poop.
neOYb TIL Coca-Cola never patented their "secret formula" because they would have to reveal it to the public if they did.
rRJ5o TIL in 1923 Illinois officially passed legislation replacing English with 'American' as their official language, making it the only state in the Union where people legally 'speak American'
N7e16 TIL that Hawaii is not protected by NATO. An attack on any of the 49 other states would have to be considered by each NATO member as an attack on their own territory, but not Hawaii.
nGyd TIL that if two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently.