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TIL that China had a legal ban on the production, import, and sale of video game consoles and arcade machines from 2000 2015. This ultimately led to a flourishing PC gaming market.

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5YLoR TIL In the '80s, the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 nationally because Reagan passed a bill in 1984 that required states to raise their drinking age to 21. They don't have to make it 21 per se, but if they chose to opt-out, they would simply be ineligible for federal highway funding.
wan8 TIL The Halloween film “Hocus Pocus” was a critical and commercial failure upon release. It became a cult classic after yearly airings on the family channel.
n88B TIL that Alan Eustacea computer scientist and Google’s Senior Vice President of Knowledge, broke Felix Baumgartner’s record for highest-altitude freefall jump at 25.74 miles.
NXyee TIL In 1910, Canada tried to attract settlers with its campaign "The Last Best West" to promote free land with the slogan "Living is cheap; climate is good; education and land are free.” More than two million settlers from Europe and the US poured into the prairies from 1896 to 1914
KYLBJ TIL that Rikers Island, New York City’s largest jail, is located only 422 feet away from the runway of La Guardia Airport.