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TIL Robin Williams came up with the idea to put Sid Meier’s name on his videogames

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5VQDR TIL there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
a8bVZ TIL that the 30×42ft (9x13m) flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” was made so large “the British would have no difficulty seeing it". It flew over Fort McHenry during the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. The commander’s family kept it, but cut away souvenir fragments; one sold for $38,837 in 2011.
neN69 TIL in the scene where Jack Nicholson smashes down the door with an axe in ‘The Shining,’ the prop team used a weakened one so it would be easier to break. But Nicholson had previously been volunteer fire marshal and broke through the door so easily the prop team was forced to make a stronger door.
nWwwW TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair
Y7XXP TIL that gambling is analogous to a scarcity-related foraging behavior found in non-human species.