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TIL 99% of Rollercoaster Tycoon was programmed in Assembly single-handedly by one guy

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m1lbp TIL in 1988 a tradie named Gordon O'Connor alongside his camel, Carla, defeated dysentery, kidney failure, the Australian outback and the SAS to win the world's longest animal endurance race
R5D4Q Today I learned that Broadclub cuttlefish can hypnotize their prey
QlL6 TIL Japanese WWII soldiers were found on an island in 2005 thinking the war was still going on
kOa1m TIL about Moon Trees. 500 Trees that are planted around the United States from seeds that travelled to the Moon on the Apollo 14 Mission.
P1JQV TIL that 'The Great Gatsby' (novel) was originally titled 'Trimalchio in West Egg' by F. Scott Fitzgerald when it was first published. Trimalchio is a wealthy and extravagant character in 'Satyricon' (latin work believed to have been written in 1 CE) by Gaius Petronius.