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TIL that Apple made a video game console in the ‘90s

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Bgvvb TIL the dilemma zone is the term for the area where you cannot safely stop for a yellow light nor reach the intersection before the light turns red.
XQEP TIL that the USA had 1,104 shark attacks between 1958-2014; 35 fatal. Australia only had 665 shark attacks during the same time frame, with 232 of them fatal.
jvbp TIL that although 74-acre Necker Island is entirely privately owned by Richard Branson and rents for US$82,000 a night, all beaches up to the high-water mark are Crown land, and are open to the public under British Virgin Islands law.
O6ng TIL Beethoven, after the first performance of Symphony No. 9, had to be turned around to receive the audience’s roaring applause due to his near complete deafness.
06Dy TIL a man faked mental illness to escape jail, was sent to an asylum and has been trying since to convince doctors he’s sane. He’s been diagnosed a psychopath ‘cause in part, “Faking mental illness to get out of a prison sentence is exactly the kind of manipulative act you’d expect of a psychopath.”