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TIL When Tim Schafer, co-designer of Secret of Monkey Island was being interviewed for LucasArts, he said he was a big fan of LucasArts' game "Ballblaster". The interviewer told him the game was named "Ballblazer" and only the pirated copies were named "Ballblaster"

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bZWj TIL Alabama’s state constitution still mandates racially segregated education, and the last effort to repeal this 6 months ago failed - again.
8A94 TIL you can buy a 5 year pass from the TSA to keep your shoes, belt, and jacket on through airport security for $85.
OEjR TIL in the 1860’s, a slave from South Carolina stole a ship from the Confederacy and delivered it to the Union. He was later gifted the ship to command during the Civil War. After the war was over, he bought the house he was a slave in and became a US Congressman.
v1eKx TIL neither of the Wright Brothers married. Wilbur Wright once quipped "I do not have time for both a wife and an airplane."
WPN9 TIL that, prior to 1883, the United States had hundreds of timezones.